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Like @Cinfhen said, this book suffered from a disorganized structure. I enjoyed a lot of the parts - reading more about famous professional kitchens and learning about homesteading - but the whole book is less than the sum of its individual stories.

The more squeamish parts of homesteading (graphic meat, animal control) wasn‘t as weird for me because I know people who live that lifestyle.

Mediocre memoir. #KnifedBuddyRead ⬇️

I really vacillated between rooting for Amy & disliking her. I can‘t say why. This memoir had some interesting bits but overall it was #MoreMehThanYeah and I didn‘t care much for the structural choices either. Amy a self taught chef lives off the grid with her boyfriend/ husband Aaron until one day she decides to move to NY to attend culinary school. #TriggerWarning if you don‘t consume meat this book is a hard swallow, even for meat eaters 😉

I never heard of Chef Amy Thielen so her foodie memoir isn‘t quite that captivating for me. I‘m finding it rather bland - how about you @Megabooks ??? I spent about 1.5 hours listening to audio while I helped hubby build & decorate our SUKKAH.Tomorrow evening starts the Sukkot Holiday. Sukkot commemorates the years the Jews spent in the desert after fleeing Egypt, on their way to Israel and celebrates the way in which God protected them.

Gonna read this one next, which will be a rare nonfiction foray for me... and I can't wait! Anyone else read it yet? Thoughts?

I love a good food memoir, especially if it's written by a female chef. Four hours into this audiobook and I'm loving it. Thielen's voice is fresh, knowledgeable, and approachable. As a midwesterner myself I'm enjoying seeing the Minnesota native adjusting to New York kitchens.

Power‘s out here - and on Oscar Night! 😩At least my Kindle is fully charged & this book‘s quite inviting! #readingbyKindlelight

I can name SO many beloved books of food writing, chef/foodie memoirs, and cookbooks (which together may make up my most-loved genre of all). This is a recent-ish favorite. I‘m a fan of Amy Thielen in general, and I thought this book was a perfect combination of descriptive food writing and unique and compelling personal stories. Plus beautifully written, and full of nods to the Midwestern upbringing the author and I share. 🔪🍴❤️ #24in48

🍴 love a good foodie memoir!

A memoir about a chef in New York. This is a common sort of book that had one unique thing, the author lived in the woods with no power for years with her boyfriend before she started as a chef.

Today‘s audiobook for my drive to the state library for a meeting. It makes me want to cook! Though not professionally. 👩🏻‍🍳

1) other than recipe books, I haven't really read any, although Give a Girl a Knife is high on my TBR.
2) So many foods! Oreos, cherries, steak, crab legs, polenta.
3) I hate sun-dried tomatoes, lutefisk, blue cheese, head cheese 😝
4) Christmas!
5) My favorite places are local places. My favorite restaurant chain is probably the Texas Roadhouse.
#ManicMonday @JoScho

My 10yo saw the cover and thought it was about murder 🔪
Took me a couple of weeks to finish, but I liked it. Miss her show on Food Network

I am humbled and feel truly “gotten” by you, Becky!

From the tea and chocolates, to the magnets of my hometown and calendar, to the very therapeutic stress cards, to the diverse book selections - you have outdone yourself. I don‘t have ANY of these books and that is impressive. You hit upon all of my interests and made such a special box for me. Thank you with all of my heart.

#wintersolsticebookexchange

I adore Amy Thielen, and I adored this book! I first learned of her via her short-lived-but-sweet Food Network show Heartland Table; I‘ve enjoyed her social media presence since and love her cookbook. This is a fiercely well-written memoir about her childhood, time as a chef at high-end NYC restaurants, and life off the grid with her artist partner in Northern MN. Please let there be more where this came from, because she is fantastic.

Amy Thielen grew up in northern Minnesota with a mother who took pride in her culinary skills. Later as the author rotated through the kitchens of some of New York City‘s finest restaurants, she reflected often on the Midwestern foods of her youth. This memoir often skips around in time and could have been shortened due to repetitions, but overall this is a wonderful tribute to the food we grow up eating.

I read a lot of nonfiction but this is my current read. It is a chef memoir about a woman who cooked in popular New York restaurants and then decided to explore her cooking roots. Good so far. #giveawayrealtalk

I used to watch her Food Network show so this was a fun read for me. It ended before she got the show though, so that was disappointing. Also, the last couple food memoirs I've read were full of sex and cocaine (I'm really not a prude, but is this real life?) and this one was not.

Dinner is served! Salmon stir fry with Udon noodles! Courtesy of Blue Apron! #bookanddinner

A big thanks to @crownpublishing for sending me these books! A mystery set in the 1920's on a tea plantation, a foodie memoir, a new book by the author of, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas & a biography about a famous portrait photographer who rubbed shoulders with the likes of Victor Hugo, Alexandre Dumas and Charles Baudelaire. My July TBR, is shapely up quite nicely. The only dilemma, which one to start with... #prhpartner #bookstack #booksy #tbr

A memoir. About food and cooking. I'm there.

For someone who doesn't like to cook, this was quite enjoyable! I imagine anyone who loves food would like it even more.

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Okay, I had to abandon my last ARC, which I hate hate HATE having to do, so I'm moving on to this one. I don't normally read a lot of food and cooking narratives, but this sounded pretty good. Fingers crossed!

A foodie memoir? I'm so in. But I'm especially curious about the Midwest rural to NYC urban journey

"It occurred to me briefly that anyone with more sense would have just let the past stay flapping back behind her and move on---like every other small-town girl who had moved to New York to find her people." -#AmyThielen, Give a Girl a Knife #ARC #culinarymemoir May 2017 pub