There is a genre of book that I enjoy reading. Sort of kitchen memoirs, a slice of life with recipes. Many food bloggers have written these, i.e., The Sweet Life in Paris by David Lebovitz, Confections of a Closet Master Baker by Gesine Bullock-Prado, A Homemade Life by Molly Wizenberg. All of these were excellent books. Hoping for more of the same, I bought the book up there in the picture. Had I read the book jacket, and the words, "a love story", maybe I would have given it more thought before purchasing. Not likely; I would have just thought she meant a love story with her All-Clad.
Wow. Reading this book was like reading an ethnography of an alien culture. It was a cute story, and I was compelled to keep reading to find out what happened next. Unfortunately it was in a train wreck sort of way, the way I'm drawn to keep watching Dexter or Big Love. Her life was so foreign to me. The reality is, I understand Shameless so much better than I understand Drummond's sugar sweet 1950ish life in Oklahoma.
There is a recipe for cinnamon rolls in the back of the book.
What are you doing this week? I hope you are keeping up with your days better than I am;)
I'm not sure if the book is any different from the story as she wrote it on her blog...it started out as a joke, and people wanted to hear more...and then people asked her to publish it...I have a feeling that if it was totally up to her, she never would have asked anybody to publish that book ;)
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure what I am doing this week.
ReplyDeleteIt just seems all very strange.
I am going to blame it on Daylight Savings Time.
I think I will skip that book.
;-)
But I did see something very, very cool on the front page Etsy-thingy yesterday!!!!!!!!
Congrats! {again!!!}
thanks for the book report, i will check it out sometime.
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