Life From Scratch: A Memoir of Food, Family, and Forgiveness | 
so-soThis book didn‘t draw me in the way that many foodie memoirs have in the past but I can‘t quite explain why. I love the concept of making a dish from every country and the provided recipes all look great. Despite this it was just ok for me. Maybe after I make one of the recipes...
I am getting hungry reading this book! The author periodically shares recipes that sound delicious. I will have to try at least one and post the finished product. The book also fulfills one of my Litsy bingo subjects! Win-win!
Adding this to my TBR list this morning from a Goodreads deal. A book about international cooking? Sign me up! 🤓📕🍽 Plus, my list needs a little more nonfiction anyway. ☺️
pickI found the first part of this book about the author's difficult childhood after her mother handed her off to friends to care for & the death of her brother a downer, but it was well written & I really enjoyed the later half focusing on her blog & cooking project to cook from all 195 countries. Read for virtual foodie blogging book club & paired w/a Sri Lankan White Dal Curry from the author's website, inspired by the book. Review/recipe link👇🏼
Not a healthy lunch but I stopped at my other happy place (the local India market) on my way back from a meeting to grab a couple of ingredients for a dish inspired by this book for virtual foodie bookclub and had to get their samosas (always delish) and this interesting bright pink rose-flavored basil seed drink (too sweet).
Having an 'Oh s*%t!"! moment when I'm realizing how soon the end of the month is coming & I haven't finished this book for my blogger virtual foodie book club & figured out a dish to make along with a few other blogging due dates. ?Getting in a few chapters with today's breakfast (acai bowl & cold brew coffee with coconut milk) before digging into some work at the coffee shop. Gorgeous morning but will get hazy & humid. Happy Aloha Friday! ???
A quick & tasty dinner in a bowl: romaine & grape tomato salad, with red curry dressing, brown rice, probiotic garlic dill kraut (got to work those fermented probiotic foods in) ?and local opah (moon fish) sautéed with garlic with my current read due at the end of the month for virtual foodie bookclub. Sometimes the low-effort random are the best.??
It is truth universally acknowledged that when it's rainy & in the high 40s at night & I am anywhere near the guest bed at my sister's place, I will automatically fall asleep. With busy days of visiting, very little reading, Litsy time, or book-related things are happening this week. I did sneak my #hpchapteraday & a bit of this foodie memoir for book club in this morning. Happy Saturday Littens! I'm loving family time but I miss you. 💜#toocozy
Wow! I'm not sure how I managed to complete so many books this month! I read some shorter poetry books for #nationalpoetrymonth, a few were graphic novels, and a few have been in progress for a while. The 4 across the bottom are my favorites completed this month, with The Children of Hurin & The Adventure of English being long reads while Burn Baby Burn & Life From Scratch were read just this month.
#AprilBookShowers #BestofApril #monthlystats
I finished the audiobook earlier this week and it was wonderful! Parts of Sasha's story are heartbreaking while other parts are inspirational. This morning I'm starting my #readathon by revisiting some of her stories and making her overnight crepes for breakfast.
#audiobook #nonfiction #readandeat
I've got a homemade roll and iced coffee for breakfast, along with Sasha's stories in my ears as I head to work this morning. I've also downloaded the ebook to see the recipes for each chapter, and I'll be checking out her website this weekend.
#audiobook #nonfiction
#readathonmemoirs This memoir has the added bonus of some great recipes. The author relates her childhood growing up with a single mother who loved to cook.
Which one to read for a nonfiction book about food? Both are memoirs... Anyone read either of these?
pickThis is a true food memoir - the recipes truly connect to Sasha Martin's turbulent life. Not always an easy read, but I admire the spirit that kept her going through tough times. She describes food so beautifully you can almost smell the cinnamon and taste the roast chicken. The book interested me enough to check out her blog too. Gorgeous pictures & more stories to read. I'm looking forward to trying recipes from both the book and the blog.
pickCan a book make you fat?? I'm thinking this lovely food memoir just might tip my scale!!! I read this as part of the #readharder challenge. Love how she intertwines recipes into the story. It is definitely worth reading and the bonus is all the great recipes in the book and on her blog.
