Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I. Ordinary Home Cooking

1. Space, Time, and Ache

2. Kitchen, Food, and Family

Part II. Kitchen Work

3. Engendering Knowledge

4. Gendering the Kitchen

Part III. Kitchen Talk

5. Tasting Affliction

6. Walking the Talk

Conclusion: Micropractices in Macrocosm

Notes

Glossary

Selected Bibliography

Index

About the Author