num_pages: 240
description: 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 farmers 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 its not hard to see that Gilbert inherited her great-grandmothers love of food and her warm infectious prose.Proceeds from this book benefit ScholarMatch (scholarmatch.org).
language: English
title: At Home on the Range
publisher: McSweeney's