This book is an excellent collection of essays from a wide variety of philosophers. This is certainly not a self-help book or an inspirational collection - it a thoughtful exploration of how the acts of cooking, eating, and thinkning have implications in feminist, post-modern, and Zen philosophy. Some of my favorite essays looked at how cooking is goverened by social power relationships, how one's diet is a political act, and how eating is an integral part of a person's understanding of Self and Other. I really dug this book. Finally, the title is a great play on Martin Heidegger's "Building, Dwelling, Thinking". Check them both out!