{"product_id":"red-velvet-underground-freda-love-smith-9781572841758","title":"Red Velvet Underground: A Rock Memoir, with Recipes","description":"Part memoir, part cookbook, and all rock and roll, \u003ci\u003eRed Velvet Underground\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of how musician Freda Love Smith's indie-rock past grew into her family- and food-centric present. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSmith, born in Nashville and raised in Indiana, is best known as the drummer and co-founder of bands such as the Boston-based Blake Babies, Antenna, and the Mysteries of Life. \u003ci\u003eRed Velvet Underground\u003c\/i\u003e is loosely framed around cooking lessons Smith gave to her eldest son, Jonah, before he left for college. Smith compares her son's experiences to her own--meeting Juliana Hatfield and starting the Blake Babies, touring in Evan Dando's hand-me-down station wagon, and crashing with Henry Rollins, who introduced the band to local California fare--all while plumbing the deeper meanings behind the role of food, cooking, and family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInterspersed throughout these stories are \u003cb\u003e45 flexitarian recipes\u003c\/b\u003e--mostly, but not exclusively, vegetarian--such as red pepper-cashew spread, spinach and brazil nut pesto, and vegan strawberry-cream scones. Throughout the book, Smith reveals how food, in addition to music, has evolved into an important means for creativity and improvisation. \u003ci\u003eRed Velvet Underground\u003c\/i\u003e is an engaging exploration of the ways food and music have informed identity through every stage of one woman's life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Freda Love Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1572841753\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781572841758\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Agate Midway\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/13\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d","brand":"Freda Love Smith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44311521034495,"sku":"9781572841758","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3a2491cd-c7b2-4d9e-8e61-3c7d641eb8bd.jpg?v=1695723225","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/red-velvet-underground-freda-love-smith-9781572841758","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}