Mcsweeneys Books
April 2012
On Sale: April 17, 2012
240 pages ISBN: 1936365898 EAN: 9781936365890 Kindle: B007NL0572 Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
While unpacking boxes of old family books recently,
Elizabeth Gilbert rediscovered a dusty, yellowed hardcover
called At Home on the Range, originally written by her
great-grandmother, Margaret Yardley Potter. Having only been
peripherally aware of the volume, Gilbert dug in with some
curiosity, and soon found that she had stumbled upon a book
far ahead of its time. Part scholar and part crusader for a
more open food conversation, Potter espoused the importance
of farmer’s markets and ethnic food (Italian, Jewish, and
German), derided preservatives and culinary shortcuts, and
generally celebrated a devotion to epicurean adventures.
Reading this practical and humorous cookbook, it’s not hard
to see that Gilbert inherited her great-grandmother’s love
of food and her warm, infectious prose.