Wrestling with Gravy: A Life, with Food

By Jonathan Reynolds

In this inviting feast of a memoir, former New York Times food columnist Jonathan Reynolds dishes up a life that is by turns hilarious and tender–and seasoned with the zest of cooking, family, eating, and lounging around various tables in tryptophanic stupors.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Release date: Oct 7, 2008
• ISBN: 9781588368171

Jonathan Reynolds

Jonathan Reynolds is a meditation teacher and therapist trainee living in Berkeley, California. He has trained extensively in the fields of Buddhist meditation, classical yoga, and both Eastern and Western philosophies. Drawing on many wisdom traditions, Jonathan’s teaching and clinical orientation are centrally rooted in a mindfulness-based perspective, and he is currently in the process of completing JFK University’s Transpersonal Psychology Program with the intention of further integrating the practices of meditation, therapy, embodiment, and conscious relationship into his own life and work. Jonathan is co-founding editor of the Journal of Holistic Psychology, and is also moderator of the Dharma & Psychotherapy Institute, an online consultation group for clinicians seeking to integrate Buddhist teachings and Western-based therapeutic practices. Jonathan is a husband and a father, and he currently offers psychotherapy sessions at Grateful Heart Holistic Therapy Center (he is supervised by Mary Owen, MFT #14190). For further information on his work, please visit: www.ayogisway.com.

Reviews for Wrestling with Gravy

[monzrocks · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

A food memoir of sorts by a somewhat famous person (that I hadn't heard of -playwright and food writer. "Wrestling" has some interesting insights and sentences that make you think twice, but overall I had a sense that the writer tried to cram too much in here - politics, food, family, career - and it didn't form a coherent whole. It took a long time to read.