Cooking, Eating, Thinking

By Deane W. Curtin

Book Overview

"This is a surprisingly wonderful anthology that truly practices what it preaches. And what it preaches is that practice . . . is more nourishing than preaching." -Hungry Mind Review

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253207045
• ISBN13: 9780253207043
• Release Date: August 1992
• Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Great synthesis of post-modern, feminist, Zen thought

This book is an excellent collection of essays from a wide variety of philosophers. This is certainly not a self-help book or an inspirational collection - it a thoughtful exploration of how the acts of cooking, eating, and thinkning have implications in feminist, post-modern, and Zen philosophy. Some of my favorite essays looked at how cooking is goverened by social power relationships, how one's diet is a political act, and how eating is an integral part of a person's understanding of Self and Other. I really dug this book. Finally, the title is a great play on Martin Heidegger's "Building, Dwelling, Thinking". Check them both out!