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A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table

Molly Wizenberg

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Jun 21, 2014 Victoria Allman rated it it was amazing

Molly Wizenberg's book, A Homemade Life, is a well-stained book on my bookshelf. Each chapter ends with her fabulous recipes curated from the blog she started, Orangette. It is not only well-written, but well-flavored! I've used many of the recipes in her book and each works well and they are all tasty....but lead to messy pages in the book ;-)
Her writing is both intimate and engaging. As far as memoirs go, A Homemade Life opened up Molly's life and made me feel like I really knew her--the sign ...more

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Apr 24, 2014 Sarah rated it liked it

I've really enjoyed Molly's blog, Orangette because she does so much more than just share her recipes but really speaks honestly to her life and her own less than perfect moments. However I found it harder to read her writing in a book format. Translated over, her writing style felt like a series of stilted short stories that didn't always flow with one another. That said, I liked learning more of the back story to her life and would love to try out more of her recipes. ...more

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