{"product_id":"on-eating","title":"On Eating | Signed by the Author","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn Eating: The Making and Unmaking of My Appetites \u003c\/em\u003eby Alicia Kennedy | Balance\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn Eating\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eis both a compelling first-person account of a curious and intelligent woman's life, and a well-researched and engagingly written treatise on the practices of growing, distributing, cooking and eating food, a serious subject that Kennedy nevertheless imbues with wit and charm. I am always better and smarter for having read anything Alicia Kennedy has written.--\u003cb\u003eLaurie Woolever\u003c\/b\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eauthor of Care And Feeding: A Memoir\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGorgeous and effortless in her prose, Alicia Kennedy weaves seamlessly through the personal, the historical, and the political. Through evocative and clear-eyed examinations of her appetites, Kennedy inspires readers to reflect on the way food shapes both our inner and outer worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn Eating\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a remarkable feat of memoir, cultural criticism, and a celebration of both food and one's own humanity.--\u003cb\u003eIfrah Ahmed\u003c\/b\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eauthor of Soomaaliya: A Cookbook\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlready a cultural force in food writing and activism, Alicia Kennedy reveals her lyrical and literary gifts to the fullest in this richly personal memoir. Acutely observed, sparklingly intelligent, forging pointed and unexpected connections between the personal and the political--it's a fresh, seductive, unputdownable read.--\u003cb\u003eAnya von Bremzen\u003c\/b\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eauthor of National Dish: Around the World in Search of Food, History, and the Meaning of Home\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf her book\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNo Meat Required\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand her laser-sharp writing on her weekly newsletter hadn't already proved it,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn Eating\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eemphatically confirms Alicia Kennedy as one of the food industry's most thoughtful thinkers. Kennedy's prose is alive, tactile, and at times heartbreaking, a delicious and evocative exploration of how the food we consume shapes how we view ourselves and the world around us, and vice versa. I devoured every word.--\u003cb\u003eHetty Lui McKinnon\u003c\/b\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003efood writer and cookbook author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book moved me with its uncompromising reflections on grief, its elegant and witty chronicles of falling in love, and its gentle challenges to make me think harder about what I eat and why. Alicia Kennedy is great company on the page, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn Eating\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003easserts her as not only one of our finest writers on food but one of our finest writers, period.--\u003cb\u003eMayukh Sen\u003c\/b\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eauthor of Love, Queenie and The Tastemakers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\u003c\/figure\u003e","brand":"Balance","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48530851561689,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0717\/4622\/4345\/files\/9780306836336_RetailCover_RetailAndCatalog_c35e4913-a722-4f9b-a76c-94d7061fd05f.jpg?v=1776195197","url":"https:\/\/centralstem.co\/products\/on-eating","provider":"Central Stem","version":"1.0","type":"link"}