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Jonathan Reynolds
Random House Trade

Wrestling with Gravy: A Life, with Food

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AuthorJonathan Reynolds
PublisherRandom House Trade
PublishedOct 07 2008
Book FormatPaperback
ISBN-139780812972887
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CategoriesBiography & Autobiography > Personal Memoirs
LanguageEnglish

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Always absorbing, often very funny, and surprisingly affecting, Wrestling with Gravy is a rich and wry memoir, seasoned with the zest of cooking, family, conversation-and lounging around in tryptophanic stupors. With droll self-effacement and a sharp eye for detail, former New York Times food columnist Jonathan Reynolds shares wonderful characters and anecdotes: He relives the time that his father made a move on his girlfriend during a meal at Maxim's in Paris; extols the surprising virtues of baseball stadium cuisine (except in New York); and recounts how he once whipped up a seductive meal for a woman, only to have her excuse herself after dessert because she had another date lined up. Even on a glum Christmas day in New York City, and at the deathbed of his dear cousin the actress Lee Remick, food offers solace and a cathartic sense of home. Like a truly great meal, Wrestling with Gravy will entertain and satisfy any reader's appetite.

Praise for Wrestling with Gravy

Reynolds writes about his rambunctious life with wit and gusto.
-Entertainment Weekly

An ingenious, multifaceted memoir, full of food and fury. It's hilarious, tender, poignant, and tart-as nourishing as it is entertaining.
-John Berendt, author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Picaresque . . . Reynolds is at his best when purposefully entangling libido and linguine. . . . He's expert at the confessional.
-The New York Times Book Review

Fun-and intimate . . . Big-name kitchens and celebrities . . . make appearances, and their recipes do, too.
-The Washington Post Book World

Reynolds tells the tale as well as sharing the recipe. Even if we don't actually make his pissaladi�re au confit de canard or the simpler sea urchin ceviche, to read through the intricate steps in these preparations reminds readers of the drama and delight of great eating.
-Publishers Weekly

Consistently entertaining.
-The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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