As a couple, Jim and Kay Salter embodied an inspired domesticity evident in their book of days, Life Is Meals, which combines culinary, literary, and personal lore in a companionable celebration of life. Jim’s other books include the novels Light Years, A Sport and a Pastime, and All That Is (2013), and the indelible memoir, Burning the Days. Kay’s plays include Yr. Obedient Servant and Someone. An excerpt from Life Is Meals is available in our Archive. Jim and Kay collaborated previously on a book about the Louvre, written in dialogue.

Don’t miss Memorable Days: The Selected Letters of James Salter and Robert Phelps.

Reading from Life Is Meals

A Video Reading

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Jim and Kay read from Life Is Meals at the Narrative Night in Denver, January 2007. With warmth and humor, they read sections of the book and described how they started cooking together and began the book. Great raconteurs, Jim and Kay share their wit and grace with us in the anecdotes here.

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