{"product_id":"gastronomy-of-marriage-book-michelle-maisto-9780812979190","title":"The Gastronomy of Marriage","description":"\u003ci\u003eOn our first date, Rich ordered a chocolate souffl  at the beginning of the meal, noting an asterisk on the menu warning diners of the wait involved. At the time, I imagined he did it partly to impress me, which it did, though today I know well that he's simply the type of man who knows better than to turn down a hot-from-the-oven souffl  when one is offered t\u003c\/i\u003eo him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Michelle Maisto meets Rich-like her, a closet writer with a fierce love of books and good food-their single-mindedness at the table draws them together, and meals become a stage for their long courtship. Finally engaged, they move in together, but sitting down to shared meals each night-while working at careers, trying to write, and falling into the routines that come to define a home-soon feels like something far different from their first dinner together. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWho cooks, who shops, who does the dishes? Rich craves the light fare his mother learned to prepare as a girl in China, but Michelle leans toward the hearty dishes her father knew as a boy in Italy. Rich eats meat, but Michelle doesn't. His metabolism races through carbohydrates, hers holds to them tightly. And while her idea of a quick meal is a fried egg, his is to head to a restaurant. After Rich takes additional work to pay for their wedding, Michelle offers to do his half of the cooking chores-which, along with the newness of their living together, challenges her feelings about the kitchen and what it means to be a modern wife. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs they save and plan for a wedding, the nightly compromises, small generosities, and stubborn stakings of ground that take place around the dinner table offer a context in which Maisto considers what she's learned from the marriages around her, and what she and Rich might create for themselves.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49568824099089,"sku":"CIN0812979192G","price":5.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49638563873041,"sku":"GOR009008366","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49652723319057,"sku":"GOR013064669","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50119025787153,"sku":"CIN0812979192VG","price":4.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0812979192.jpg?v=1751076087","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/gastronomy-of-marriage-book-michelle-maisto-9780812979190","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}