Lunch at the Shop: The Art and Practice of the Midday Meal

An invitation to participate in the joy of sharing a meal and savoring fresh, seasonal, healthy food

Peter Miller and his colleagues make lunch every day at his bookshop in Seattle. It may be only a salad or a sandwich, but it is fresh, and they put it together each day without a formal kitchen. Lunch at the Shop is an account and a guide to this intentional practice. It shows how to elevate the lunch break from a hurried necessity to a celebrated meal, often involving thoughtfulness, conver...