Cleaving

a story of marriage, meat, and obsession

English language

Published June 27, 2009 by Little, Brown and Co..

ISBN:
978-0-316-00336-0
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OCLC Number:
291908068

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Julie Powell thought cooking her way through Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking was the craziest thing she'd ever do--until she embarked on the voyage recounted in her new memoir, CLEAVING.Her marriage challenged by an insane, irresistible love affair, Julie decides to leave town and immerse herself in a new obsession: butchery. She finds her way to Fleischer's, a butcher shop where she buries herself in the details of food. She learns how to break down a side of beef and French a rack of ribs--tough, physical work that only sometimes distracts her from thoughts of afternoon trysts.The camaraderie at Fleischer's leads Julie to search out fellow butchers around the world--from South America to Europe to Africa . At the end of her odyssey, she has learned a new art and perhaps even mastered her unruly heart.

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Subjects

  • Powell, Julie
  • Powell, Julie -- Marriage
  • Fleisher's (Kingston, N.Y.)
  • Women cooks -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
  • Cooks -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
  • Butchers -- New York (State) -- Kingston -- Biography
  • Meat cutting -- Psychological aspects
  • New York (N.Y.) -- Biography
  • Kingston (N.Y.) -- Biography