Pantry by
Hildie S. Block
Bite-Sized Essays
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The CITY PAPER says:
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Hildie S. Block, Pantry
Local writing teacher Hildie S. Block’s long-awaited forthcoming collection uses micro flash prose, each piece under 400 words, to focus on cooking and food as an anchor for self-exploration. Block has published in more literary journals than you can count, and has mentored half of the D.C. writing scene. I’m very excited for this little book. --Hannah Grieco
PRAISE FOR PANTRY
"Hildie Block, a snarky sentimentalist, has created a subversive how to live cookbook of sorts. Think Mollie Katzen trapped on I-95 at rush hour in the pouring rain. This marvelous mashup of confession, food, family dynamics, and blackberries, plus hot and cold running cannibal rabbits, drum fish, and fungi infected zombies, makes Pantry: Bite-sized essays the most surprising feel-good book of this year or any year."
— Richard Peabody, editor/publisher, Gargoyle Magazine
"Pantry is a gorgeous, bite-sized celebration of life's ingredients—the sweet, the sour, and everything in between. A masterclass in culinary nostalgia that will leave you hungry for more."
— Chef Patrice Olivon, Former Executive Chef Embassy of France and The White House, NPR Splendid Table Commentator and Iron Chef America contestant
“Pantry is a delicious journey that tempts our taste buds...a feast for the senses!”
--Courtney LeBlanc author "Her Own Bright Life"
"In Pantry, Hildie Block turns food, spices & seasonings into portals to memory, desire, family, and the complicated work of living. each essay is beautifully seasoned and arranged so that the small details accumulate into something rich, surprising, and deeply satisfying."
— Melissa Scholes Young, author of Flood and The Hive
"Pantry explores and questions our assumptions, desires & rituals, especially around holidays and life events, with a sweet poignancy that should be savored.
— Caroline Bock, author of The Other Beautiful People