A Dissertation Upon Roast Pig & Other Essays
Author(s): Charles Lamb
A rapturous appreciation of pork crackling, a touching description of hungry London chimney sweeps, a discussion of the strange pleasure of eating pineapple and a meditation on the delights of Christmas feasting are just some of the subjects of these personal, playful writings from early nineteenth-century essayist Charles Lamb. Exploring the joys of food and also our complicated social relationship with it, these essays are by turns sensuous, mischievous, lyrical and self-mocking. Filled with a sense of hunger, they are some of the most fascinating and nuanced works ever written about eating, drinking and appetite.
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- : Penguin Books Ltd
- : Penguin Books Ltd
- : 0.076
- : 01 April 2011
- : 181mm X 111mm X 7mm
- : 01 May 2011
- : books
Special Fields
- : Charles Lamb
- : Paperback
- : 1
- : 96