{"product_id":"small-fires-by-rebecca-may-johnson-9781911590484","title":"Small Fires","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCooking is thinking!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe spatter of sauce in a pan, a cook's subtle deviation from a recipe, the careful labour of cooking for loved ones: these are not often the subjects of critical enquiry. Cooking, we are told, has nothing to do with serious thought; the path to intellectual fulfilment leads directly out of the kitchen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this electrifying, innovative memoir, Rebecca May Johnson rewrites the kitchen as a vital source of knowledge and revelation. Drawing on insights from ten years spent thinking through cooking, she explores the radical openness of the recipe text, the liberating constraint of apron strings and the transformative intimacies of shared meals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePlayfully dissolving the boundaries between abstract intellect and bodily pleasure, domesticity and politics, Johnson awakens us to the richness of cooking as a means of experiencing the self and the world - and to the revolutionary potential of the small fires burning in every kitchen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'One of the most original food books I've ever read, at once intelligent and sensuous, witty, provoking and truly delicious, a radical feast of flavours and ideas.' - Olivia Laing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'A tender, electric, intimately transformative work' - Nina Mingya Powles\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46552061411564,"sku":"9781911590484","price":34.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/16659123482868.jpg?v=1750014712","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/small-fires-by-rebecca-may-johnson-9781911590484","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}