The Raw and the Cooked: Adventures of a Roving Gourmand
by Jim Harrison
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Read in February, 2008
I'm a Jim Harrison fan, more of his poetry than fiction, more of his fiction than his food writing. With that said, there are some absolute howlers in this collection of his magazine articles over a multi-year period. I can see him hunting wit Guy de la Valdene, cooking the birds, digging the potatoes, and enjoying it all with a magnum of fine wine. It truly urges me race to the kitchen and begin cooking...or go hunting. He is a very masculine writer, pithy sentences, strong words, and truly ...more
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Read in January, 2008
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Having never read anything by Jim Harrison I didn't know what to expect going into this tome but have always enjoyed books in the essay style, especially about food. Do not expect this book to shower you with new recipes to try in the traditional sense of a cookbook, although the descriptions of the dishes and preparation should suffice for most folks capable in the kitchen of replicating the dish without too much trouble.
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Read in January, 2004
I don’t think I learned much about cuisine or wine from reading this, but I did learn that Harrison is very concerned with metaphysical question of what it means to be a big man with big appetites.
There is a certain superiority in all food writing I guess, but I have never seen it presented with so much, um, testosterone. Food writing is often food bragging, which I don't mind. I like hearing war stories about crazy meals eaten, but Harrison takes this to a new metaphysical level where hu...more
There is a certain superiority in all food writing I guess, but I have never seen it presented with so much, um, testosterone. Food writing is often food bragging, which I don't mind. I like hearing war stories about crazy meals eaten, but Harrison takes this to a new metaphysical level where hu...more
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Read in August, 2001
recommends it for:
foodies, michiganians, nature lovers
This book was what got me simultaneously interested in food writing and the writings of Jim Harrison. All of Jim Harrison's writing manages to perfectly evoke the spirit of places such as Northern Michigan and the desert Southwest, along with his sometimes over-the-top descriptions of earthly pleasures of all kinds. This book of course focuses on his food writing, and it's a tasty treat. I definitely recommend this for people who are trying to get into Harrison's writing, it's much more accessib...more
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Read in January, 2006
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Bethrecommends it for: Stephanie, Chris, Karen
I don't have it in front of me, so this isn't an exact quote, but my favorite bit of this book is where Harrison says that if you don't have an hour to cook yourself a good dinner every night, you need to quit your job. The collected essays in the book can be repetitive, but you feel like you are hanging out with Hemingway as you read this discussion of the pleasures of the table and where they intersect with the pleasures of nature.
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Jim Harrison is the more romantique and gluttonous Anthony Bourdain...minus the cynicism. He makes gout seem humorous, and being a marrow sucking ogre seem classy. I could go for a couple of bottles of Valpolicella just thinking of him. Sorry, it's all for me. Get your own drink.
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This is not only a book about food, but a book about eating. In fact, more the latter than the former. Harrison explores his passion for preparing and consuming enormous meals in a book that is rollicking and deceptively provocative.
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Read in October, 2007
recommends it for:
anyone who enjoys food and travel
I'm planning to start this book again once I finish it so that I can note all the places he mentions, especially in Michigan, Nebraska, California and Texas. Harrison's writing is personal and poetic.
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Read in January, 2002
An old favorite. Whenever I'm feeling a bit deflated by inanition I return to the essay "Principles" for a pick-me-up.
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Great - but only if you are interested in food and all the things associated with it.
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Great food essays from a muscular writer who knows his bourdeaux from bathwater.
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wine and meat. a lotta wine and meat. and great prose. what's fer supper?
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