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Carol Lee Flinders (née Ramage; born 1943) is a writer, independent scholar, educator, speaker, and former syndicated columnist. She received a doctorate in comparative literature from the University of California, Berkeley, with a focus on medieval women's mysticism. She is currently faculty at the Sophia Center for Culture and Spirituality at Holy Names College in Oakland, California, where she teaches courses on mysticism and contemplative spirituality.〔 She is also a Fellow at Santa Clara University.〔 In the past, Flinders taught at the University of California at Berkeley, the Graduate Theological Union, and elsewhere. Her published writings cover a variety of topics ranging from medieval Christian mysticism to vegetarian cooking to scientific research on meditation. She is a coauthor of ''Laurel's Kitchen'' (1976) and its later editions, which in all sold more than a million copies. From 1977 through 1989 she wrote a widely syndicated column on vegetarian cooking. ''Notes from Laurel's Kitchen''. She is married to Timothy Flinders, and is mother of screenwriter and filmmaker Mesh Flinders.〔 == Biography == Flinders (birth name Ramage) was born in Portland, Oregon, on 12 December 1943〔("Flinders, Carol Lee 1943-" ) at Highbeam Research, Contemporary Authors (Jan 1, 2004). (Accessed 24 October 2012)〕〔However, the excerpted chapter of Fliders' work in Ford-Grabowsky (2002) states on page 266 that she was born in 1945.〕 to Gilbert H. and Jeanne Lee Ramage.〔〔 As a child, she grew up on a farm in Oregon's Willamette Valley.〔 In 1958 her family moved to Spokane. She graduated from North Central High School (Spokane, Washington) in 1961,〔 later receiving a bachelor's degree from Stanford University (1965), and a PhD in comparative literature, with a focus on medieval women's mysticism,〔Flinders, Carol (1972, December). ''A comparison of the short and long texts of the Sixteen Revelations of Divine Love by Julian of Norwich''. Doctoral dissertation in comparative Literature, University of California, Berkeley. .〕 from the University of California at Berkeley (1973).〔 She married her husband Timothy Flinders in 1971.〔 "Miss Carol Ramage of Spokane, Washington became the bride of Timothy Flinders of Merced on June 25."〕 They live at a spiritual community in northern California.〔 Flinders became nationally known in 1976 through her coauthorship of ''Laurel's Kitchen'', a widely acclaimed guide to vegetarian cookery that has been described as a "renowned countercultural cookbook,"〔Elizabeth Hearne & Robert D. Johnston (2009). (Raising the Roof: Science, Feminism, and Home Economics ). ''Reviews in American History'', v37 n3, pp413-419. .〕 and as "the Fannie Farmer of vegetarian cooking."〔Mary Drake McFeely (2001). (Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?: American Women and the Kitchen in the Twentieth Century ). Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press. ISBN 1-55849-333-6 (NB: ''Laurel's Kitchen'' is discussed in pp. 141-145)〕 It sold more than a million copies,〔 and cultural historians later contended that "''Laurel's Kitchen'' was as much a lifestyle guide as it was a cookbook."〔''Megan J. Elias (2008). (Stir it up: home economics in American culture )''. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 0-8122-4079-0. (NB: ''Laurel's Kitchen'' and it impact on American culture is analyzed and discussed in pages 152-160)〕 Following the success of ''Laurel's Kitchen'', Flinders began writing a weekly newspaper column that in 1987 was syndicated by 20 newspapers across the US, including the ''Washington Post'' and others.〔 She continued writing this column for 12 years, until 1989. During this period she gave birth to one child, Ramesh Flinders.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Carol Lee Flinders」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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