Organized by decade and by the cookbooks that shaped her life,Tasting Homeis the history of Judith Newton's emotional education—including her marriage to a gay man, and an exploration of the ways that cooking can lay the groundwork for personal healing, personal intimacy, and political community.
Contents
Prologue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
I. Foods and Fashions of 1936:
The Thirties, Forties, and Fifties
Cry Babies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
The Queen of Pies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Death Valley Date Nut Bread . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Sour Milk Biscuits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
The Latinaires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Oatmeal Crispies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Sugar Smorgasbord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Loaves and Fishes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Graduation Cake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
II. Mastering the Art of French Cooking:
The Sixties
Dry Rolls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Berkeley Born Again . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
The Jake Sandwich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Shortbread and Madeira . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Tarte Normande Aux Pommes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
“If It Weren’t For You…” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Our Vegetable Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Leaving Paradise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .lce
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