<![CDATA[Comfort Food]]>

false <![CDATA[Comfort Food]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255653917m/5052597.jpg 2529355 12 In this smart, delicious novel by the bestselling author of The Friday Night Knitting Club, a celebrity chef shows her friends and family the joy of fulfillment - and manages to spice up her own life at the same time. Shortly before turning the big 5-0, boisterous party planner and Cooking with Gusto! personality Augusta "Gus" Simpson finds herself planning a birthday party she'd rather not-her own. She's getting tired of being the hostess, the mother hen, the woman who has to plan her own birthday party. What she needs is time on her own with enough distance to give her loved ones the ingredients to put together successful lives without her. Assisted by a handsome up-and-coming chef, Oliver, Gus invites a select group to take an on-air cooking class. But instead of just preaching to the foodie masses, she will teach regular people how to make rich, sensuous meals-real people making real food. Gus decides to bring a vibrant cast of friends and family on the program: Sabrina, her fickle daughter; Troy, Sabrina's ex-husband; Anna, Gus's timid neighbor; and Carmen, Gus's pompous and beautiful competitor at the Cooking Channel. And when she begins to have more than collegial feelings for her sous-chef, Gus realizes that she might be able to rejuvenate not just her professional life, but her personal life as well... 2536866 6 5 2008 Comfort Food total:1587|5:119|4:483|3:688|2:245|1:52| 1587 5133 2668 444 3 4 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 30 22:21:36 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 01 16:32:47 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 2 false false Thu Aug 14 07:41:04 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 14 07:44:17 -0700 2008
I couldn't make it past 100 pages. Too much telling, not enough showing, and no clue where the book was going or why. If I read one more...more...]]> 2 2 false false Thu Jul 24 10:45:42 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 24 10:48:09 -0700 2008
But, I figured out my trouble with Kate Jacobs. She runs this huge ensemble cast of characters through her novels, and this forces a contrived ending to wr...more...]]> 0 1 false false Tue Sep 02 20:29:29 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 20:29:38 -0700 2008 With so many boo...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Dec 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 17 11:24:35 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 11:26:32 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 13:10:36 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 13:11:46 -0700 2009
Augusta "Gus" has been hosting a successful TV show on the Cooking...more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue May 26 14:22:24 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 14:24:04 -0700 2009
Barbara Rosenblatt is one of my favorite narrators, and she does books like this one very well. Augusta, (Gus) Simpson is a nationally known chef from the food channel. ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Mar 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 20:13:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 19:45:57 -0700 2009 Once more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Feb 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 12:20:30 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 07:56:42 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon May 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 16:58:06 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 23:32:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 29 08:32:40 -0700 2008 Thu May 29 08:42:27 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun May 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 20 18:25:31 -0700 2008 Sun May 25 14:51:18 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Oct 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 13:20:54 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 12:16:04 -0700 2009
I guess most of all the premise was hard to identify with. I spent most of my time wondering why all these people agreed to be on the show. The daughters have JOBS for...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Aug 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 07:21:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 16:07:47 -0700 2009
This is rather predictable lady lit told rather well--Gus, a just-turned-fifty tv cooking show host, is...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 01 11:12:36 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 01 11:12:36 -0700 2008
the main character is nearing 50, and I'm a long way off, but her issues are pretty universal; her family problems even more so.

Looking forward to the next title (no...]]> 3 0 false true Thu Jan 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 15:59:23 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 15:21:53 -0800 2009 The Friday Night Knitting Club, which was very good, but it failed. First off, I couldn't relate to any of the characters. In fact, I wanted to strangle mos...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Jun 02 05:00:58 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 02 05:03:58 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 14:56:27 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 06:49:42 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 26 19:08:34 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 02 11:03:54 -0800 2008 2 0 false false Tue May 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 15:15:12 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 23:02:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=5052597