Blue Plate Special: An Autobiography of My Appetites is a 2013 memoir by Kate Christensen from when she was a girl growing up in Berkeley, California and Tempe, Arizona in the 1960s, to Paris, Oregon, Iowa, and New York City to the present-day in Maine, New England.
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| Author | Kate Christensen |
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| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Memoir, Food writing |
| Published | 2013 (Doubleday) |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 353 |
| ISBN | 9780385536264 |
| OCLC | 823860695 |
Reception edit
The New York Journal of Books, in a review of Blue Plate Special, called it "remarkable" and compared it to the writings of Laurie Colwin: "If Colwin is the All American Girl Cook, Ms. Christensen is more wild, plunging into worldly episodes from Bedouins baking dough disks on hot rocks for breakfast in the desert to daylong meals during a cold Maine winter."[1] The New York Times found it "a paean to cooking and food, from the homey to the haute" and "a toothsome blend of personal and social history."[2]
Blue Plate Special has also been reviewed by Publishers Weekly,[3] Kirkus Reviews,[4] The Wall Street Journal,[5] Library Journal,[6] Booklist,[7] and The Christian Science Monitor.[8]
References edit
- ^ Sally D. Ketchum. "Blue Plate Special: An Autobiography of My Appetites". nyjournalofbooks.com. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
- ^ Meisel, Abigail (August 23, 2013). "Sunday Book Review: Chronicle: Memoirs by Women 'Blue Plate Special,' by Kate Christensen, and More". New York Times. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
- ^ "Blue Plate Special: An Autobiography of My Appetites". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz LLC. June 10, 2013. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
unpretentious memoir.
- ^ "Blue Plate Special (starred review)". Kirkus Reviews. Kirkus Media LLC. April 29, 2013. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
A novelist's deliciously engrossing exploration of her life through the two major passions that have defined it: food and writing.
- ^ Watman, Max (July 31, 2013). "A Meal of One's Own". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
- ^ "Blue plate special: an autobiography of my appetites: Reviews". catalog.wccls.org. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
Pitched to fans of Ruth Reichl and Gabrielle Hamilton's Blood, Bones, and Butter.
- ^ "Blue plate special : an autobiography of my appetites". Buffalo and Erie County Public Library. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
Christensen writes with savory, home-cooked clarity
- ^ Brown, Elizabeth A. (July 24, 2013). "Blue Plate Special". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved February 9, 2017.