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Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table | Ruth Reichl

#Apple. #SchoolSpirit

@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

willaful Such a tear jerker... 3mo

Eggs Beautiful 🍎🥰🍏 3mo

JenniferEgnor I loved her writing in Gourmet Magazine. I miss it so much! That was the magazine that taught me how to cook. 3mo

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monalyisha

If You Can't Take the Heat: Tales of Food, Feminism, and Fury | Geraldine DeRuiter

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This collection of personal essays by Geraldine DeRuiter, the James Beard award-winning writer of the Everywhereist blog, really grew on me! I knew next-to-nothing about the (audio)book or its author before starting it. At first, I felt that the composition was a little basic and on-the-nose, especially when it came to DeRuiter‘s expression of her intersectional, feminist ideology. But I didn‘t disagree with anything she said! 👇🏻

monalyisha 1/5: Ironically, I think the problem is that we‘d probably really get along & be friends (despite her having MUCH more money than I do; at least she‘s aware of her privilege). In general, her outlook is too similar to mine for her book to feel big enough or different enough to make a lasting impression. 3mo

monalyisha 2/5: Sometimes, I *also* worry that the public impression of me is, “Wow! She really likes her husband.” And, as Deruiter says when a(n uninterested) publisher accuses her of this, “…I…do?” Pair that with “Girl can eat!” and you‘ve got a baseline understanding of my personality. But there‘s more to me (us), okay?! 3mo

monalyisha 3/5: She emotes HARD when she narrates, something of which I am also guilty. Honestly, at times, this was *almost* too much for the medium. When I‘m leading Storytime, I can occasionally tell that there‘s a kiddo who agrees and that I probably need to tone it down, as well. 🙈 3mo

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monalyisha 4/5: She‘s the daughter of Italian immigrants and I am not. She enjoys cooking — and especially baking — and I do not. She‘s well-traveled whereas I can only dream of such a thing. But at our cores, it would seem there‘s a lot of overlap. Sometimes to an annoying degree. 😆 3mo

monalyisha 5/5: I enjoyed her anecdotes and reflections. I liked her as a person. Her writing is witty. She certainly knows more about pasta alle vongole than I do. And sure, my estranged father isn‘t an undercover spy (he‘s a Little Debbie salesman, which, come to think of it, would probably be the perfect cover…). But her relatable narrative didn‘t rock my world. 3mo

monalyisha To be fair, I shouldn‘t have followed “My Broken Language” up with another memoir. Hudes is a hard act to follow! 3mo

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DebinHawaii

Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen | Laurie Colwin

#AboutABook

For today‘s #YouGifted prompt, here are three books I like to gift to foodie friends. 💙🍽️💙

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Awesome 👏🏻 3mo

Eggs Enchanting books!! 3mo

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merelybookish

Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table | Ruth Reichl

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An idealistic Ruth Reichl becomes a food critic. The growth of her writing career parallels the emergence of modern American cuisine in CA. (I recognized many of the young chefs she writes about as Top Chef judges.) At the same time as she talks food, Reichl weaves in her personal life: her father's death, extramarital affairs, the demise of her 1st marriage, moves, a failed adoption.
Overall an easy and engaging listen.
#192025 @Librarybelle

Librarybelle I have her books on my to read list! 3mo

Leftcoastzen Love her books 3mo

willaful This was such a tearjerker! 3mo

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Jess_Read_This

The Tenth Muse: My Life in Food | Judith Jones

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I loved this book in the beginning but by the end I was disenchanted with the elitist/lecturing tone it took. In her older years, Jones seems to lose touch with the changing tastes of society and laments the loss of what she‘s as superior. Her recipes call for calves‘s brains, rabbit in a sour chocolate sauce, shad roe, duck gizzards, etc. none of which appeal to me. I will attempt a gluten free version of her Butterscotch Cookie recipe though!

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Jess_Read_This

The Tenth Muse: My Life in Food | Judith Jones

I totally read this in Julia Child‘s voice in my head.

(To clarify Julia wasn‘t talking about Italians, but referencing the low fat health craze that eliminated butter and sought alternative cooking oils)

Tamra 😆 Yes! 4mo

MemoirsForMe 😁😁😁 4mo

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Jess_Read_This

The Tenth Muse: My Life in Food | Judith Jones

From my brief Litsy scrolling, I see I‘m virtually joining a few other Littens for a Friday unwind with book/libation. Cheers!

With a bio coming out on Judith Jones, who I didn‘t know is a reason we were introduced to Julia Child, Marcella Hazan, Claudia Roden, Lidia Bastianich, to just name a few. I wanted to read her memoir as my introduction to this gastronaut I‘ve not been acquainted with before. It‘s riveting. Halfway thru & highly recommend

Tamra I envy your basil. 😊 4mo

Jess_Read_This @Tamra 🌱Thank you! I have an unreliable green thumb when it comes to my porch pots. For some reason the basil is doing amazing this year compared to last! I‘ve been making various versions of pesto with it and my other herbs. 4mo

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