{"product_id":"the-raw-and-the-cooked-9780802139375","title":"The Raw and the Cooked","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA cornucopia of culinary essays from \"the Henry Miller of food writing. His passion is infectious\" (Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJim Harrison was one of this country's most beloved writers, a muscular, brilliantly economic stylist with a salty wisdom. For more than twenty years, he also wrote some of the best essays on food around, now collected in a volume that caused the Santa Fe New Mexican to exclaim: \"To read this book is to come away convinced that Harrison is a flat-out genius—one who devours life with intensity, living it roughly and full-scale, then distills his experiences into passionate, opinionated prose. Food, in this context, is more than food: It is a metaphor for life.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Harrison's legendary \u003ci\u003eSmart \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eEsquire \u003c\/i\u003ecolumns, to current works including a correspondence with French gourmet Gerard Oberle, fabulous pieces on food in France and America for \u003ci\u003eMen's Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and a paean to the humble meatball, \u003ci\u003eThe Raw and the Cooked\u003c\/i\u003e is a nine-course meal that will satisfy every appetite.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[A] culinary combo plate of Hunter S. Thompson, Ernest Hemingway, Julian Schnabel, and Sam Peckinpah.\" —Jane and Michael Stern, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Jim Harrison","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42955972771958,"sku":"9780802139375","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/1374\/6550\/files\/CoreSourceHub_d76e13b7-c800-45ac-b31f-1aa56b7aa674.jpg?v=1773522507","url":"https:\/\/ingramacademic.com\/products\/the-raw-and-the-cooked-9780802139375","provider":"Ingram Academic \u0026 Professional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}