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“I trust you to love the shit out of my boy, and not hurt his shitty little heart. I know it will be messy because, yeah.”

Taste: London Love Book Two by Sophia Soames

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Just like that, I was exposed and helpless and being blown apart by the man I apparently couldn’t resist. The man I disliked to the point of not doing my job properly. ― Sophia Soames, Taste Finn is the rule-following, hardass hotel manager of the Clouds Westminster Hotel. He is good at his job and expects nothing less than perfection from himself or the rest of his staff. Mark Quinton is the new head of food and beverage at the hotel, and he is everything […]

Three biography reviews all in one place for your reading pleasure!

Dressing UP the Stars: The Story of Movie Costume Designer Edith Head by Jeanne Walker Harvey

Jose Feeds the World: How a famous chef feeds millions of people in need around the world by David Unger

The Snow Man: A True Story by Jonah Winter

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I like biographies. Mostly because you have to be pretty much into the subject to write about people. Granted, not all the time (you might be a contracted writer for a series) but when you have someone like Edith Head, the odds are you are a fan. Otherwise why would you write something about a person that famous, but not very “mainstream?” Oh sure, we know a little about her from the Disney The Incredibles movies, but that is nothing like the real woman. And […]

Slow Food. Any idea what I am talking about?

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This book came across my radar as it was the January pick for the Slow Food Chicago Book Club. I’ll let the Slow Food International website speak for itself: “Slow Food is a global, grassroots organization, founded in 1989 to prevent the disappearance of local food cultures and traditions, counteract the rise of fast life and combat people’s dwindling interest in the food they eat, where it comes from and how our food choices affect the world around us.”  In sum, Slow Food is the […]

Tasty memories

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Relish is this awesome graphic novel + recipe book hybrid by Lucy Knisley. She details her love for food with illustrated stories from her childhood. Her mom is a chef while her dad’s a gourmet foodie. Together, they expose her to culinary delights from birth as she tags along to restaurant kitchens and gatherings of her mom’s food scene pals. Even though her parents divorce, they continue to impart their own culinary wisdom to their daughter.Each chapter ends with a personal recipe from that particular era of her life. Her […]



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