Nietzsche's Angel Food Cake: And Other ''Recipes'' for the Intellectually Famished

Rebecca Coffey

ISBN 10: 0985403462 / ISBN 13: 9780985403461

Published by Beck and Branch, 2013

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Synopsis:

When Friedrich Nietzsche made angel food cake, did the angel survive the encounter? When Sigmund Freud handled raw fish, where did his thoughts take him? Exactly what did Dorothy Parker mean by the term Parker House Rolls? And how did Ernest Hemingway handle his favorite bullfight souvenirs? Literary humor for those who enjoy smashing idols fondly, Nietzsche's Angel Food Cake: And Other Recipes for the Intellectually Famished allows 22 cultural monoliths to share their succulent recipes. For those who like cookery to insinuate the hard questions, it offers a funny, surprisingly informative, and entirely whirlwind tour of civilization. Not really a cookbook, it's for lovers of literature, history, art, music, and philosophy, for foodies, and for anyone with a good liberal arts education, no matter how vaguely they remember it.

About the Author: Rebecca Coffey is a science journalist and humorist. She is the author of three books and contributes to Scientific American and Discover magazines, as well as to McSweeney's Internet Tendency and The Rumpus. She blogs for Psychology Today. She is a frequent guest on talk shows, and is an on-air commentator for Vermont Public Radio. Rebecca lives in Putney, VT.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Nietzsche's Angel Food Cake: And Other ''...
Publisher: Beck and Branch
Publication Date: 2013
Binding: paperback
Illustrator: Rebecca Coffey
Condition: Very Good