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Stuffed : Adventures of a Restaurant Family: a Memoir by Patricia Volk (2002, Trade Paperback)
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All along, food was pretty much at the center of their lives. : "Taut, sharp. Vibrantly textured.. Volk has a gift for seeing the world in a grain of salt.". "My nominee for Book of the Year.. It's funny, it's affecting, it's wise, it's New York, it's close to the bone, it's wonderfully well-written.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100375724990
ISBN-139780375724992
eBay Product ID (ePID)1940414
Product Key Features
Book TitleStuffed : Adventures of a Restaurant Family: a Memoir
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2002
TopicFood, Lodging & Transportation / Restaurants, Personal Memoirs, Culinary, General, Essays & Narratives, Jewish Studies
IllustratorYes
GenreTravel, Cooking, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorPatricia Volk
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight8.1 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.2 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews: "Taut, sharp... Vibrantly textured. . . . Volk has a gift for seeing the world in a grain of salt." The New York Times Book Review "This funny, hearbreaking book is good enough to eat. A whole lost world is conjured up here, with a vitality and love of daily life that has no time for sentimentality." Philip Lopate "My nominee for Book of the Year. . . It's funny, it's affecting, it's wise, it's New York, it's close to the bone, it's wonderfully well-written. Above all, it's about how a real family functions." Michael M. Thomas, The New York Observer "The message of Volk's loopy, generous memoir, Stuffed, is that there is no such thing as too much food or too much feeling. . . . Stuffed is just what a good restaurant meal should besoaked in atmosphere, full of strong flavors, handsome on the plate." Los Angeles Times "Unnervingly delightful. . . . In these gorgeous, generous pages . . . the sweetness never ends. " The Miami Herald, : "Taut, sharp... Vibrantly textured. . . . Volk has a gift for seeing the world in a grain of salt." -The New York Times Book Review "This funny, hearbreaking book is good enough to eat. A whole lost world is conjured up here, with a vitality and love of daily life that has no time for sentimentality." Philip Lopate "My nominee for Book of the Year. . . It's funny, it's affecting, it's wise, it's New York, it's close to the bone, it's wonderfully well-written. Above all, it's about how a real family functions." Michael M. Thomas,The New York Observer "The message of Volk's loopy, generous memoir,Stuffed,is that there is no such thing as too much food or too much feeling. . . .Stuffedis just what a good restaurant meal should besoaked in atmosphere, full of strong flavors, handsome on the plate." -Los Angeles Times "Unnervingly delightful. . . . In these gorgeous, generous pages . . . the sweetness never ends. "The Miami Herald, : "Taut, sharp... Vibrantly textured. . . . Volk has a gift for seeing the world in a grain of salt." -- The New York Times Book Review "This funny, hearbreaking book is good enough to eat. A whole lost world is conjured up here, with a vitality and love of daily life that has no time for sentimentality." -Philip Lopate "My nominee for Book of the Year. . . It's funny, it's affecting, it's wise, it's New York, it's close to the bone, it's wonderfully well-written. Above all, it's about how a real family functions." -Michael M. Thomas, The New York Observer "The message of Volk's loopy, generous memoir, Stuffed, is that there is no such thing as too much food or too much feeling. . . . Stuffed is just what a good restaurant meal should be-soaked in atmosphere, full of strong flavors, handsome on the plate." -- Los Angeles Times "Unnervingly delightful. . . . In these gorgeous, generous pages . . . the sweetness never ends. " -The Miami Herald, : "Taut, sharp... Vibrantly textured. . . . Volk has a gift for seeing the world in a grain of salt." - The New York Times Book Review "This funny, hearbreaking book is good enough to eat. A whole lost world is conjured up here, with a vitality and love of daily life that has no time for sentimentality." Philip Lopate "My nominee for Book of the Year. . . It's funny, it's affecting, it's wise, it's New York, it's close to the bone, it's wonderfully well-written. Above all, it's about how a real family functions." Michael M. Thomas, The New York Observer "The message of Volk's loopy, generous memoir, Stuffed, is that there is no such thing as too much food or too much feeling. . . . Stuffed is just what a good restaurant meal should besoaked in atmosphere, full of strong flavors, handsome on the plate." - Los Angeles Times "Unnervingly delightful. . . . In these gorgeous, generous pages . . . the sweetness never ends. " The Miami Herald
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal641.5
SynopsisPatricia Volk's delicious memoir lets us into her big, crazy, loving, cheerful, infuriating and wonderful family, where you're never just hungryyour starving to death, and you're never just fullyou're stuffed. Volk's family fed New York City for one hundred years, from 1888 when her great-grandfather introduced pastrami to America until 1988, when her father closed his garment center restaurant. All along, food was pretty much at the center of their lives. But as seductively as Volk evokes the food, Stuffed is at heart a paean to her quirky, vibrant relatives: her grandmother with the "best legs in Atlantic City"; her grandfather, who invented the wrecking ball; her larger-than-life father, who sculpted snow thrones when other dads were struggling with snowmen. Writing with great freshness and humor, Patricia Volk will leave you hungering to sit down to dinner with her robust familyboth for the spectacle and for the food., Patricia Volk's delicious memoir lets us into her big, crazy, loving, cheerful, infuriating and wonderful family, where you're never just hungry-your starving to death, and you're never just full-you're stuffed. Volk's family fed New York City for one hundred years, from 1888 when her great-grandfather introduced pastrami to America until 1988, when her father closed his garment center restaurant. All along, food was pretty much at the center of their lives. But as seductively as Volk evokes the food, Stuffed is at heart a paean to her quirky, vibrant relatives: her grandmother with the "best legs in Atlantic City"; her grandfather, who invented the wrecking ball; her larger-than-life father, who sculpted snow thrones when other dads were struggling with snowmen. Writing with great freshness and humor, Patricia Volk will leave you hungering to sit down to dinner with her robust family-both for the spectacle and for the food.
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