Matthew Gavin Frank: 2 books

Book cover of The Mad Feast: An Ecstatic Tour through America's Food

The Mad Feast: An Ecstatic Tour through America's Food

An Ecstatic Tour through America’s Food

by Matthew Gavin Frank
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2015

A richly illustrated culinary tour of the United States through fifty signature dishes, and a radical exploration of our gastronomic heritage. Following his critically acclaimed Preparing the Ghost, renowned essayist Matthew Gavin Frank takes on America’s food. In a surprising style reminiscent...
Book cover of Preparing the Ghost: An Essay Concerning the Giant Squid and Its First Photographer
by Matthew Gavin Frank
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2014

Memory, mythology, and obsession collide in this “slyly charming” (New York Times Book Review) account of the giant squid. In 1874, Moses Harvey—eccentric Newfoundland reverend and amateur naturalist—was the first person to photograph the near-mythic giant squid, draping it over his...
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