Ebook: Eat Joy: Stories & Comfort Food from 31 Celebrated Writers

“Eat Joy is the most lovely food essay book. Listen. Just preorder two because this is the perfect gift." ―Joy Wilson (Joy the Baker)

"Magnificent illustrations add spirit to recipes and heartfelt narratives. Plan to buy two copies―one for you and one for your best foodie friend." ―Taste of Home

This collection of intimate, illustrated essays by some of America’s most well-regarded literary writers explores how comfort food can help us cope with dark times―be it the loss of a parent, the loneliness of a move, or the pain of heartache.

Lev Grossman explains how he survived on “sweet, sour, spicy, salty, unabashedly gluey” General Tso’s tofu after his divorce. Carmen Maria Machado describes her growing pains as she learned to feed and care for herself during her twenties. Claire Messud tries to understand how her mother gave up dreams of being a lawyer to make “a dressed salad of tiny shrimp and avocado, followed by prune-stuffed pork tenderloin.” What makes each tale so moving is not only the deeply personal revelations from celebrated writers, but also the compassion and healing behind the story: the taste of hope.

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Reviews:

"The next time you're looking for a comforting personal essay, curl up with Eat Joy." ––Elizabeth Sile, Real Simple

"Readers get the sense that Garrett really tapped into something with her query. Taken separately or all together, these essays depicting food as love, medicine, relief, and communion, as a sacrifice and a gift, are profound and genuinely moving." ―Booklist (starred review)

"A collection of recipes and thoughtful essays . . . This book is a feast for avid lit lovers and foodies alike." ―Library Journal (starred review)

"Readers will recognize many of the names that contributed to this anthology that's all about food and the place it holds in our lives . . . And yes, there are recipes for when they invariably make you hungry." ―Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping

"Magnificent illustrations add spirit to recipes and heartfelt narratives. Plan to buy two copies―one for you and one for your best foodie friend." ―Ellen Riley, Taste of Home

"An essay compilation about comfort food, but not the category of food that, in America, tends to include large amounts of butter. Here, comfort food is whatever dish has helped 31 notable writers through various life phases . . . Along with these stories, and all of the stories in Eat Joy, the writers have included recipes that, the idea goes, may help readers through their own trials." ―Monica Burton, Eater

"This collection of illustrated essays by some of America’s most well-regarded writers explores how comfort food can help us cope with dark times." ―PureWow

208 pages
Publisher: Black Balloon Publishing (October 29, 2019)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1936787792
ISBN-13: 978-1936787791