false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1240544436m/3090282.jpg 3090282 3 When Molly Wizenberg's father died of cancer, everyone told her to go easy on herself, to hold off on making any major decisions for a while. But when she tried going back to her apartment in Seattle and returning to graduate school, she knew it wasn't possible to resume life as though nothing had happened. So she went to Paris, a city that held vivid memories of a childhood trip with her father, of early morning walks on the cobbled streets of the Latin Quarter and the taste of her first pain au chocolat. She was supposed to be doing research for her dissertation, but more often, she found herself peering through the windows of chocolate shops, trekking across town to try a new pâtisserie, or tasting cheeses at outdoor markets, until one evening when she sat in the Luxembourg Gardens reading cookbooks until it was too dark to see, she realized that her heart was not in her studies but in the kitchen. At first, it wasn't clear where this epiphany might lead. Like her long letters home describing the details of every meal and market, Molly's blog Orangette started out merely as a pleasant pastime. But it wasn't long before her writing and recipes developed an international following. Every week, devoted readers logged on to find out what Molly was cooking, eating, reading, and thinking, and it seemed she had finally found her passion. But the story wasn't over: one reader in particular, a curly-haired, food-loving composer from New York, found himself enchanted by the redhead in Seattle, and their email correspondence blossomed into a long-distance romance. In A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table, Molly Wizenberg recounts a life with the kitchen at its center. From her mother's pound cake, a staple of summer picnics during her childhood in Oklahoma, to the eggs she cooked for her father during the weeks before his death, food and memories are intimately entwined. You won't be able to decide whether to curl up and sink into the story or to head straight to the market to fill your basket with ingredients for Cider-Glazed Salmon and Pistachio Cake with Honeyed Apricots. 3121382 2008 A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table total:953|5:325|4:422|3:165|2:30|1:11| 953 3879 2084 390 4 6 false false Wed Mar 18 12:44:17 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 22:44:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 4 false false Sat Mar 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 24 05:44:28 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 07 07:06:39 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Mar 03 11:00:45 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 27 07:16:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 4 false false Tue Mar 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 05:26:49 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 18:19:54 -0800 2009
Molly Wizenberg is basically my generation's M.F.K. Fisher. Her recipes are fantastic, her descriptions are apt... but that all pales in comparison with the simple fact that her writing is full of life and joy. I've been a fo...more...]]> 3 3 false false Fri Apr 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 06:09:38 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 11:53:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 4 false false Sat Mar 28 20:23:40 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 18:28:40 -0700 2009 It Sucked and Then I Cried, and that was probably one too many books-based-on-blogs in a row. I don't read her blog, Orangette, but I'm guessing this material works much better in blog format. It was very lightweight.

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