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Food

The apotheosis of Stephanie Alexander

A Cook’s Life by Stephanie Alexander

by Gay Bilson
April 2012, no. 340

A Cook’s Life by Stephanie Alexander

Lantern, $39.95 hb, 362 pp

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Most present-day Australian chefs (that is to say, cooks who earn a living through their training, practice, and culinary skills) who have written cookbooks are at the same time telling us about themselves. Is it not curious that, in general, cooks repeatedly praise the table for its central role in hospitality, conviviality, generosity, and equality, yet seem so needful of, so greedy for, praise?

 


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A Cook’s Life by Stephanie Alexander

Lantern, $39.95 hb, 362 pp

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.


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