Truth Without the Trimmings

Dish #5

by Diane Muldrow, Barbara Pollak (Illustrator)

The holidays are here, and the girls have never been busier. With school, volunteering, parties, and more orders for dish than they've ever had before, the girls are swamped. Things get more complicated when the girls learn that one of them has lied to avoid helping out with dish. For dish and their friendships to survive, the truth must come out-including the big secret that Natasha has been hiding for years.

Genres: Childrens

160 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published November 1, 2002

About the author

Diane Muldrow grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She later attended Ohio University, where she earned a Bachelor's Degree in Magazine Journalism and a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts: Dance. After her graduation, Diane moved to New York. She spent several years performing as an actress and dancer in New York’s downtown avant-garde performance scene. She also danced in a performance at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall and had her own one-woman shows.

Diane has also had a successful career in publishing, both as an editor and as an author. She has written over 100 books for children. Diane lives in Brooklyn, New York, where she enjoys trying new recipes and eating in local restaurants.

Reviews

[Kristie · Rating 4 out of 5]

i LOVE dish. especially with all the wonderful recipes. but it's kind of a fast read and the book is thin. :(

[danuberose · Rating 2 out of 5]

I forgot which book of this series I read (I was 11) but from the blurb I'm pretty sure it's this one.

[Joceline · Rating 4 out of 5]

Truth Without the Trimming
By: Diane Muldrow
Number of pages: 154

The book Truth Without the Trimming is book five from a series called Dish. In this book it’s about a group of friends that have a little business called Dish, in which they make food and sell it to their customers. The book is mostly about friendship, because they all go through a tough time and help each other get through it. They also have this big catering party, that brought them big problems, and mostly to their friendship.
The dish girls were offered to do a catering for an acting teacher. Amanda agreed to do the catering party without even thinking about other things she might need to do or her friends. After Amanda told the other girls about the cater party they were kind of upset because they all had a big project to do and the they all wanted to go to a boy named Connor party, which was the same night of the cater party. Of course Amanda was only thinking of herself and she betrayed her friends and went to Connor’s party. Amanda tried to work extra hard at the party and then pretended to be sick, then went to the party. The rest of the dish girls finished early and went to Connor’s party and saw Amanda, which made them lose their truth on Amanda.
In my opinion, I liked this book because it is involved with cooking and I like to cook. I liked to read the part when Amanda betrayed her friends to go the party and how her friends found her at the party because she realized that it was a mistake to go to the party in the first place. I liked the part where everyone was mad at Amanda, but they all went to their cook class and build gingerbread houses, and they were having fun with Amanda even though they were mad at her. I would recommend you to read this book if you like cooking and because it is interesting to find out what happens between the dish girls and Amanda.

[Hannah · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was a really good book. As in, REALLY GOOD. This book is about friendship, trusting each other, and keeping your friends close when you go through hard times. It is realistic fiction. There's this one girl named Natasha, and she has this really big secret but, I was dying to find out what it was and I really, really loved it. It was one of the best books that I've ever read. Anybody-mostly girls- would love to read this book. At the end it keeps you guessing and I really wish that there could be more books. It is way good. (This book is for all ages)

[Keshia2]

it is a fanastic book i love so far wat i hav read luv the author

[♥Marissa♥ · Rating 2 out of 5]

An Ok book.

[Kayli · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this book!