My first popsicle : an anthology of food and feelings
Title:
My first popsicle : an anthology of food and feelings
JLCTITLE245:
edited by Zosia Mamet.
Publication Information:
[New York, New York] : Penguin Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2022]
Physical Description:
xviii, 284 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
ISBN:
9780143137290
General Note:
Place of publication from publisher's website.
Abstract:
" From a spectrum of talented authors, a collection of essays on food, and its entwinement with our emotions and our lives. Of all the essentials for survival: oxygen, water, sleep, and food, only food is a vast treasure trove of memory and of sensory experience. Food is a portal to culture, to times past, to disgust, to comfort, to love: no matter one's feelings about a particular dish, they are hardly ever neutral. In MY FIRST POPSICLE, Zosia Mamet has curated some of the most prominent voices in art and media to tackle the topic of food in its elegance, its profundity, and its incidental charm. With contributions from Stephanie Danler on vinaigrette and starting over, Anita Lo on the cultural responsibility of dumplings, Tony Hale on his obsession with desserts at chain restaurants, Patti LuPone on childhood memories of seeking out shellfish, Gabourey Sidibe on her connections with her father and the Senegalese dish Poullet Yassa, Andrew Rannells on his nostalgia for Jell-O Cake, Sloane Crosley on the pesto that got her through the early months of the pandemic, Michelle Buteau on her love for all things pasta, Jia Tolentino on the chicken dish she makes to escape reality, and more, MY FIRST POPSICLE is as much an ode to food and emotion as it is to life. After all, the two are inseparable"-- Provided by publisher.
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Contents:
Introduction / Zosia Mamet -- Content note -- Poor man's cake / Patti Smith -- Shallot vinaigrette insurance / Stephanie Danler -- Summertime on Long Island / Patti LuPone -- Ball buster / Andrew Bevan -- Solyanka Valentina / Heidi Schreck -- Jell-O cake / Andrew Rannells -- Go figure / Whitney Cummings -- Popsicle love / Michaela Jaé Rodriguez -- Mission: Jiro / Richard Shepard -- the hype machine / Alaina Moore -- Donut go gentle / Hamish Linklater -- Food and love rolled into one / Sarah Jones -- The scaredy bean / Beanie Feldstein -- My Tía, Ms. Ana Dominga Otero-Serrano Roque's, pollo guisado! / Rosie Perez -- The Karl-fashioned / Kaley Cuoco -- A good cook is hard to find / Busy Philipps -- My morning ritual / Jess Rona -- Intuitive eating / Sian Clifford -- Planet Helen / Nikole Beckwith -- A sad but delicious veal blanquette / Dwame Onwuachi -- The evolution of a cherry tomato / Kathryn Budig -- On running-away food / Daniel Lavery -- The rat birthday pie / Jillian Bell -- Le pan bagnat de papa / Garance Doré -- My sandwich / Kavi Ahuja Moltz -- The bearded lady truckstop and coffee shop / Silas Howard -- Poulet yassa / Gabourey Sidibe -- Apricot chicken / iO Tillett Wright -- My grandma's peanut butter cookies / Katie Holmes -- What do you eat when you don't eat? / Jordan Roth -- Hot cross buns / Leanne Shapton -- Safta dalia-inspired flavorful roast drumsticks / Naomi Fry -- Sancocho dreaming! / John Leguizamo -- Gramma's kitchen / Clare Vivier -- Burnt toast to the old life / Lamorne Morris -- Eating your identity / Anita Lo -- White vans and cookie salad / Matt Flanders -- Meatballs / Danny Sangra -- Acid chicken / Jia Tolentino -- Super chief / Ted Danson -- Buteau loves pasta, bitch / Michelle Buteau -- A warm holiday memory frozen in time / Mark D. Sylvester -- Chains / Tony Hale -- Solitary pizza / Mari Andrew -- Pest-o change-o / Sloane Crosley -- Ras malai / Tulica Singh -- The frankophile / David Sedaris -- Hold the honey / Ruth Reichl -- Plum pudding Christmas / Zosia Mamet.