Robert Farrar Capon (1925–2013)
Autore di The Supper of the Lamb: A Culinary Reflection
Sull'Autore
Robert Farrar Capon is the author of numerous books and articles on cooking and theology, a passionate cook, and an Episcopal priest. He lives in Shelter Island, New York with his wife.
Opere di Robert Farrar Capon
Kingdom, Grace, Judgment: Paradox, Outrage, and Vindication in the Parables of Jesus (2002) 291 copie
The Foolishness of Preaching : Proclaiming the Gospel Against the Wisdom of the World (1997) 138 copie
The Romance of the Word: One Man's Love Affair With Theology : Three Books : An Offering of Uncles/the Third… (1995) 124 copie
The Astonished Heart: Reclaiming the Good News from the Lost-And-Found of Church History (1996) 108 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1925-10-26
- Data di morte
- 2013-09-05
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- New York, New York, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Greenport, New York, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Port Jefferson, New York, USA
East Hampton, New York, USA - Istruzione
- Southwestern Theological Seminary (BD)
Columbia University (MA|1947)
Columbia University (BA|1946) - Attività lavorative
- Episcopal priest
theologian
food writer - Organizzazioni
- Episcopal Church
Utenti
Recensioni
Hunting the divine fox; images and mystery in… di Robert Farrar Capon
The world of theological discourse, writes Robert Farrar Capon, is frequently filled with flawless perfectly matched king size wedges of baloney. It should be, he insists, a serious but loving word game whose basic rule is that every word, and particularly every image, must be examined and used with the greatest possible care. In this book he shows us why no words of ours can ever be trusted to mean the same thing when used about ourselves on the one hand and about God on the other.
"To anyone who presumes to lecture you on housewifery as an abject capitulation to the feminine mystique. Simply let him see you presiding over your kitchen with steel in one hand and butcher knife in the other. Execute six well-drawn strokes, and his words will turn to ashes in his mouth." — Capon
Some of the recipes hold up, notwithstanding a certain theological casuistry which dissolves the lamb (shank) into a parade of symbols justifying its own consumption (this is the other kind of Tin Violin-ing). The Compleat Angler remains the novel model for "the [gentleman] who considers everything more important than [eating] and yet has discovered very few better things to do." (Frye)
Though it is remarkable how the misogyny of the contemporary american neonazi is not incomparable to that of the mid-century deipnosophist writing for a general audience. (This is due to a characteristic lack of imagination.)… (altro)
I’m not a cook, and I don’t enjoy it when I have to do it. I’m more willing to go without a meal than spend time on cooking one. So I have no business reading a book about cooking. But since this book is about more than that, I figure I haven’t broken any laws by reading it.
Since I’m usually such a stickler for reading every word (or it doesn’t count), I must admit I did not read the 70 or so pages of recipes at the end of the book. If I were a cook, I would buy it for the recipes, because this guy sure knows what he’s doing.
This collection of essays that all tie into a recipe called Lamb for Eight Persons Four Times was written by an Episcopalian priest in the late sixties. So besides getting his thoughts on food and the way we approach cooking, eating, and life in general, I felt like I got a peek into a different culture from a different time.
His essays were thoughtful, well-written, and often quite funny. There were two parts that made me laugh the most: when he cursed margarine to outer darkness in one chapter, and in the last chapter “The Heart that Burns,” where he sang the praises of baking soda as a heartburn remedy to the extent that he presented an imaginary reward to it.
This is one I wish I’d been reading on my kindle so I could highlight all the goodness.
Highly recommended, whether or not you love cooking.… (altro)
Since I’m usually such a stickler for reading every word (or it doesn’t count), I must admit I did not read the 70 or so pages of recipes at the end of the book. If I were a cook, I would buy it for the recipes, because this guy sure knows what he’s doing.
This collection of essays that all tie into a recipe called Lamb for Eight Persons Four Times was written by an Episcopalian priest in the late sixties. So besides getting his thoughts on food and the way we approach cooking, eating, and life in general, I felt like I got a peek into a different culture from a different time.
His essays were thoughtful, well-written, and often quite funny. There were two parts that made me laugh the most: when he cursed margarine to outer darkness in one chapter, and in the last chapter “The Heart that Burns,” where he sang the praises of baking soda as a heartburn remedy to the extent that he presented an imaginary reward to it.
This is one I wish I’d been reading on my kindle so I could highlight all the goodness.
Highly recommended, whether or not you love cooking.… (altro)
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