The Supper of the Lamb - (Modern Library Food) by Robert Farrar Capon (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Originally published: Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1969.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>From a passionate and talented chef who also happens to be an Episcopalian priest comes this surprising and thought-provoking treatise on everything from prayer to poetry to puff pastry. In <b>The Supper of the Lamb</b>, Capon talks about festal and ferial cooking, emerging as an inspirational voice extolling the benefits and wonders of old-fashioned home cooking in a world of fast food and prepackaged cuisine. This edition includes the original recipes and a new Introduction by Deborah Madison, the founder of Greens Restaurant in San Francisco and author of several cookbooks.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"One of the funniest, wisest, and most unorthodox cookbooks ever written."<br>--Craig Claiborne, The New York Times <p/>"The Supper of the Lamb is a rare, distilling nectar, albeit fizzy with bubbles of humor and wit...it is fully capable of rescuing us from the dangers of mediocrity daily foisted upon us by the too-fast pace of our lives."<br>--From the Introduction by Deborah Madison <p/>"The Supper of the Lamb is as awesomely funny, wise, beautiful, moving, preposterous a book as this reviewer has come across for years....It is a love letter to a world that 'will always be more delicious <br>than it is useful.'"<br>--The New York Times Book Review<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Robert Farrar Capon is the author of numerous books on theology, cooking, and family life. His works include Between Noon and Three; Kingdom, Grace, Judgment; and Genesis, the Movie. Capon lives on Shelter Island, New York.
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