{"product_id":"9781101185292","title":"The Art of Eating In: How I Learned to Stop Spending and Love the Stove","description":"\u003cb\u003e In the city where dining is a sport, a gourmand swears off restaurants (even takeout!) for two years, rediscovering the economical, gastronomical joy of home cooking \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Gourmand-ista Cathy Erway's timely memoir of quitting restaurants cold turkey speaks to a new era of conscientious eating. An underpaid, twenty-something executive assistant in New York City, she was struggling to make ends meet when she decided to embark on a Walden- esque retreat from the high-priced eateries that drained her wallet. Though she was living in the nation's culinary capital, she decided to swear off all restaurant food. \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Eating In\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the delectable results of her twenty-four-month experiment, with thirty original recipes included. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e What began as a way to save money left Erway with a new appreciation for the simple pleasure of sharing a meal with friends at home, the subtleties of home-cooked flavors, and whether her ingredients were ethically grown. She also explored the anti-restaurant underground of supper clubs and cook-offs, and immersed herself in an array of alternative eating lifestyles from freeganism and dumpster-diving to picking tasty greens on a wild edible tour in Brooklyn's Prospect Park. Culminating in a binge that leaves her with a foodie hangover, \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Eating In\u003c\/i\u003e is a journey to savor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWatch a Video\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47134098030832,"sku":"9781101185292","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781101185292_p0.jpg?v=1763685861","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781101185292","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}