Whether we love it or hate it, escape to it or from it, women talk about the one place that both entraps and empowers them: the kitchen. In this feminist anthology of women's poetry, prose, interviews and oral transcriptions, talk from the kitchen goes public. Here women tell the whole story, reclaiming and revaluing this significant part of their lives.

With contributions from Alice Munro, Margaret Atwood, PK Page, Daphne Marlatt, Gabrielle Roy, Margaret Laurence, Lee Maracle, Carol Shields, Joy Kogawa, Annharte, Kristjana Gunnars, Laurie Sarkadi, Dorothy Livesay, Emily Carr, Susan Musgrave and many many more.