{"product_id":"how-to-wash-the-dishes-9781611807622","title":"How to Wash the Dishes","description":"\u003cb\u003eFind order and beauty in the kitchen with this delightfully elegant primer on washing the dishes that elevates and illuminates a seemingly routine chore.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWashing the dishes is an ordinary, everyday task--but with examination and care, it can become much more. In this reverent guide to the household chore, Peter Miller shows us how washing dishes can become a joy, a delight, a meditative exercise, and an act of grace and rhythm. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe pay so much attention to recipes but little attention to maintenance and cleanup. Washing the dishes is as much a part of making a meal as prepping the vegetables, making the sauces, or seasoning the meats. At times it is quite routine, sometimes raucous, other times complex. It is never convenient. Despite its din and clatter, and despite its reputation, washing the dishes is the coda to the meal. It is a bustling musical of water and soap, of flow and surface, and done well, the fragile shall sit as proudly as the cast-iron. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere are some who do the dishes for the clarity and privacy of it, and there are some who relish the quiet isolation of putting things in order where they belong. There are some who feel the time and movement is a kind of digestive. In the evening in particular, there is a silence when it is all done. \u003ci\u003eHow to Wash the Dishes\u003c\/i\u003e brings elegance, art, and a bit of mindfulness to the sink. It is the perfect gift for those who love to clean and equally as apt for those we wish would clean a bit more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeter Miller has meticulously curated an eponymous architecture and design bookshop in Seattle for thirty-five years. In spring of 2014, his first book \u003ci\u003eLunch at the Shop\u003c\/i\u003e was published by Abrams Books. This was followed by his book \u003ci\u003eFive Ways to Cook Asparagus (and Other Recipes): The Art and Practice of Making Dinner\u003c\/i\u003e in the spring of 2017. Peter is also a contributor to Food52.com. Peter has been a member of the Seattle Design Commission and an honorary member of the AIA.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Roost Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50635219435794,"sku":"9781611807622","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_17d6e6e0-166e-42ec-820f-2ee484cf94e8.jpg?v=1732838066","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/how-to-wash-the-dishes-9781611807622","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}