GASTRONOMY OF MARRIAGE, THE(ISBN=) 英文原版

　　“On our first date, Rich ordered a chocolate soufflé 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 soufflé when one is offered to him.”
　　When 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.
　　Who 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.
　　As 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.

　　Michelle Maisto has an MFA in nonfiction writing from Columbia
University, and her work has appeared or is forthcoming in a number
of publications, including The New York Times and
Gourmet magazine. She writes and eats in Brooklyn, New York,
with her husband, Rich, who occasionally does the cooking.

Introduction
CHAPTER 1　January
CHAPTER 2　Dinner Takes All
CHAPTER 3　Chineseification　
CHAPTER 4　February　
CHAPTER 5　In the Neighborhood
CHAPTER 6　The Beef
CHAPTER 7　Together, Apart
CHAPTER 8　March
CHAPTER 9　Apples and Oranges
CHAPTER 10　A Dinner Party Is Borne
CHAPTER 11　Holiday
CHAPTER 12　April
CHAPTER 13　Sickness and Health
CHAPTER 14　Risotto, Frittata, Fried Rice
CHAPTER 15　May
Acknowledgments