{"product_id":"bite-by-bite-nourishments-and-jamborees","title":"Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Nezhukumatathil's prowess as a poet infuses this unique memoir meditation on the foods that mean the most to her. . . Each chapter weaves facts, trivia, mythology, and personal stories together, linking Nezhukumatathil's food subjects through space and time. . . She ties it all up with vivid prose that recalls the excitement of a mother anticipating her child eating their first handpicked berry. This whimsical and soothing work will appeal to fans of food writing, memoirs, intercultural stories, and poetry.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A lively and delicious read. . . [Nezhukumatathil's] book is an invitation to ask what nourishes us.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Nezhukumatathil's background as a poet is obvious throughout. Her writing is lyrical (some essays include poems), and her brevity shows her skill in word choice and description. \u003cem\u003eBite by Bite \u003c\/em\u003ewill be an especially good option for anyone trying to get out of a reading slump.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEater\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A personal and poetic exploration of food and joy and the intersections we all have with our own history and the meals we've shared...\u003cem\u003eBite by Bite\u003c\/em\u003e is certainly worth devouring.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Nezhukumatathil has a poet's sense of time and intertextuality.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFood and Wine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"[\u003cem\u003eBite by Bite\u003c\/em\u003e]'s sentences are so perfect you can't help but smile.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Splendid Table podcast\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eBite by Bite\u003c\/em\u003e is a beautiful, meditative book, one that allows us to examine family and legacy through an original lens as well as encouraging us to question what we know about the foods we love.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoxane Gay, The Audacious Book Club\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A collection of flavorful memories. . . . A graceful memoir. . . . not unlike halo-halo, a mixture of unexpected ingredients that make for a delectable dessert. . . . Savory food writing.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Aimee Nezhukumatathil's \u003cem\u003eBite by Bite \u003c\/em\u003eis an intimate invitation to come sit at her table; each essay is studded with richly rendered traditions and unexpected anecdotes that range from tender to hilarious to downright devastating. A feast of a collection.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eElizabeth Acevedo, author of Family Lore and The Poet X\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Over the years, Aimee Nezhukumatathil's writing has fed me in ways I didn't even know were possible. So it is appropriate, then, that she has now turned her attention to the world of food, which she writes about with such remarkable dexterity. \u003cem\u003eBite by Bite \u003c\/em\u003eis a book about memory, pleasure, regret, and celebration. It uses food to talk about what it means to be human--to love, to learn, to laugh, to lose. Nezhukumatathil's writing has changed the way I look at food, and made me infinitely more grateful for those whom I share it with. I love this book.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eClint Smith, author of How the Word Is Passed and Above Ground\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"So often, the first and most powerful memories we have of our parents and families of origin center around food. The flavors of our childhood can contextualize who we are and where we came from, and who we want to become. In her new book, \u003cem\u003eBite by Bite\u003c\/em\u003e...Nezhukumatathil interrogates the way food and drink intertwines with our human experiences and identities and explores the often murky boundaries between heritage and memory.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"As she shares her memories around her favorite foods, each essay celebrates Nezhukumatathil's life. She has such a unique way of giving readers glimpses of her life, giving us details about her family's love of mangos or parties of all kinds featuring lumpia. Every dish or ingredient holds a special place in her heart. With its illustrations, \u003cem\u003eBite by Bite \u003c\/em\u003eis the perfect gift book for any food lover. Fumi Nakamura illustrates the foods featured in every chapter, making each essay feel unique.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBook Riot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Essay collections are excellent vacation reads, able to be picked up and put down without interrupting a narrative. Each of these short essays is a perfect little bite, exploring the ways food sparks memory and meaning in our lives.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"With \u003cem\u003eBite by Bite\u003c\/em\u003e, the author of \u003cem\u003eWorld of Wonders\u003c\/em\u003e is gifting us a collection of essays about how food is inherently tied to our memories and emotions. From shaved ice to rambutan to lumpia, what we eat and drink can summon feelings of joy, grief, and nostalgia, just as it carves out ethnic boundaries.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBook Riot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Nezhukumatathil weaves a personal memoir through food...[She] doesn't waver. Food can be a map toward home, toward memory, toward lineage, her book argues. And with it, she beckons us to explore.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCNN.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Delightful...The book of bite-sized essays...take readers on a gastronomic tour around the world...[Nezhukumatathil's] writing is much more than an exploration of nourishment. It's also an invitation.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNortheast Mississippi Daily Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A smorgasbord of concise and lyrical odes to foods linked to some of her most important memories. . . .The author's dazzling prose is the highlight.\"? - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"From crispy fried sticks of lumpia to sugar-sweet watermelon, these lyrical essays dive deep into the joys of flavor and being alive to savor it all.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Nezhukumatathil catalogs how food - whether nourishing family or consumed among friends -- charges her imagination...Fumi Nakamura's illustrations add lush visual representations of the foods and flora that Nezhukumatathil takes up in this new book's forty essays. Frequently, the author's riffs close with notes of wonderment, merriment, delight, or celebration...Charming and skillfully sculpted, \u003cem\u003eBite by Bite\u003c\/em\u003e compels readers to engage their own delicious memories and complex inheritances.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eWorld of Wonders\u003c\/em\u003e, a lyrical book of short essays about food, offering a banquet of tastes, smells, memories, associations, and marvelous curiosities from nature\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eBite by Bite\u003c\/em\u003e, poet and essayist Aimee Nezhukumatathil explores the way food and drink evoke our associations and remembrances--a subtext or layering, a flavor tinged with joy, shame, exuberance, grief, desire, or nostalgia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNezhukumatathil restores our astonishment and wonder about food through her encounters with a range of foods and food traditions. From shave ice to lumpia, mangoes to pecans, rambutan to vanilla, she investigates how food marks our experiences and identities and explores the boundaries between heritage and memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBite by Bite\u003c\/em\u003e offers a rich and textured kaleidoscope of vignettes and visions into the world of food and nature, drawn together by intimate and humorous personal reflections, with Fumi Nakamura's gorgeous imagery and illustration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 03\/15\/2024 (EAN 9780063282261, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 03\/18\/2024 (EAN 9780063282261, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 04\/15\/2024 pg. 4 (EAN 9780063282261, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/19\/2024 (EAN 9780063282261, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eNezhukumatathil, Aimee\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAimee Nezhukumatathil\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of two illustrated collections of essays: \u003ci\u003eBite by Bite\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWorld of Wonders\u003c\/i\u003e, chosen as Barnes \u0026amp; Noble's Book of the Year and as a finalist for the Kirkus Prize. She has published four award-winning poetry collections and spent a decade serving as the poetry editor for environmental magazines, first for \u003ci\u003eOrion\u003c\/i\u003e and then \u003ci\u003eSierra\u003c\/i\u003e. A professor of English and creative writing for more than twenty-five years, she gives firefly tours for Mississippi State Parks and lives in Oxford, Mississippi, with her family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nezhukumatathil, Aimee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ecco Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePub Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2024-04-30\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC:\u003c\/b\u003e Literary Collections|Essays|Literary Collections|Women Authors|Nature|Essays|Cooking|Essays \u0026amp; Narratives|Language Arts \u0026amp; Disciplines|Writing|General|Cooking|Regional \u0026amp; Cultural|Asian|Biography \u0026amp; Autobiography|Memoirs|Social Science|Customs \u0026amp; Traditions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSubjects:\u003c\/b\u003e American essays|Essays|Food writing|21st century|Creative nonfiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063282261\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eASIN:\u003c\/b\u003e -\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSKU:\u003c\/b\u003e SP-9780063282261\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51154501304598,"sku":"SP-9780063282261","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/spiral_cover_-_2026-04-07T135853.119.png?v=1775541547","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/bite-by-bite-nourishments-and-jamborees","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}