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Food and Whine: Confessions of a New Millennium Mom
Hailed by many as Erma Bombeck's heir apparent, Jennifer Moses -- journalist, essayist, prizewinning short story writer, and mother of three -- brilliantly transforms the mundane into the hilarious in her no-holds-barred record of a year in the life -- and the kitchen -- of a modern-day mom.
Writing about the year in which her twins were born, her mother was diagnosed with
...morePaperback, 224 pages
Published
May 4th 2000
by Fireside
(first published May 11th 1999)
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I like Erma Bombeck (Jennifer Moss is touted as having a style like hers), I like essays, I like food. Should be a winning combo, right? Wrong.
The kvetching and references to psychoanalysis were just a little over the top for me. The recipes, while funny for the first one or two, grow thin after eight or nine. For instance:
Place chicken in pan, breast side up. Push hair back behind ears. Discover that hair is coated with disgusting white liquid slime. Serve with rice and salad, i...more
The kvetching and references to psychoanalysis were just a little over the top for me. The recipes, while funny for the first one or two, grow thin after eight or nine. For instance:
Place chicken in pan, breast side up. Push hair back behind ears. Discover that hair is coated with disgusting white liquid slime. Serve with rice and salad, i...more
Another favorite book of my, very funny to read.
Funny at times, a little too much information at others. Entertaining.
A fun read for mommies and foodies alike...
Anita Smith
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