I've enjoyed previous books by this author so I read
this one too (See here
for My Kitchen Year (post Gourmet) and here
for Delicious, a novel). I wasn't quite
as enamoured of this one until I was hit by Chapter 17 and this amazing story
made the whole book worthwhile.
So ignore the bad reviews on Goodreads and give this a
go. Get it from the library and read
Chapter 17 at least.
There are a few recipes but no illustrations or
pictures – so it's not really a cookbook at all.
The time period of this memoir is from just before Ruth
accepts the editor's job at Gourmet until the magazine's demise 10 years
later. A salutary tale.
By the way the title is from a poem by William Carlos
Williams.
Good to know.
ReplyDeleteI actually enjoyed the whole book. This is the first one I had read of hers, so I look forward to reading more. I do agree that the book got better with age (or pages). :)
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