{"product_id":"9781935259046","title":"Jam Today: A Diary of Cooking With What You've Got","description":"\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eJam Today\u003c\/i\u003e is just my kind of book—one of those rare trackings of the healthy human animal rustling about the kitchen then settling in at the table. In addition to some great meals made to satisfy desires, needs, whims or simply to make use of what’s at hand, \u003ci\u003eJam Today\u003c\/i\u003e is a complete pleasure to read.”—\u003cb\u003eDEBORAH MADISON \u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eVegetarian Cooking for Everyone\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVegetable Literacy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The spirit of M.F.K. Fisher surely hovers over this book, amused and beguiled by a cook whose prose has the same artful composure, and whose cooking possesses a similar innate sense of style. I believe that good cooks are born, not made—but steep your culinary self long enough in the pages of \u003ci\u003eJam Today\u003c\/i\u003e and it might just be born again.” —\u003cb\u003eJOHN THORNE\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eSerious Pig: An American Cook in Search of His Roots\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMouth Wide Open: A Cook and His Appetite\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are what we eat. But even more, we are \u003ci\u003ehow\u003c\/i\u003e we eat: how we discover our own desires and those of our loved ones, how we source the foods that fulfill those desires, how we prepare them, how we serve them. All of these seemingly small, daily decisions are the basis of everything we do, showing us who we truly are, what we need to change, what we need to aim for in the future. Food is the story we tell our bodies every day, and how our bodies and souls react to that story is the story of where we are going to go next. Food is important, thinking about it as well as consuming it—important and importantly fun, both at the same time. That’s what the Jam Today series is all about—being creative in the kitchen as a step to bringing more creativity to the world around us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eJam Today:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere are my secrets for cooking without recipes. Know what you want to eat. Keep it simple. Enjoy yourself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCome to think of it, those are my secrets for having a good life, too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToday the kitchen, tomorrow the world…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTod Davies\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eSnotty Saves the Day\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLily the Silent,\u003c\/i\u003e both from The History of Arcadia series, and the cooking memoirs \u003ci\u003eJam Today: A Diary of Cooking With What You’ve Got\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJam Today Too: The Revolution Will Not Be Catered.\u003c\/i\u003e Unsurprisingly, her attitude toward literature is the same as her attitude toward cooking—it’s all about working with what you have to find new ways of looking and new ways of being, and in doing so, to rediscover the best of our humanity. Davies lives with her husband Alex, and their two dogs, in the alpine valley of Colestin, Oregon, and at the foot of the Rocky Mountains, in Boulder, Colorado.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Exterminating Angel Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47040313753840,"sku":"9781935259046","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781935259046_p0.jpg?v=1763656388","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781935259046","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}