Reviews: Memoirs, Autobiographies, and Essays
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Memoirs or autobiographies or essays are written by cooks or the everyday eater and are about learning to cook or about cooking and eating in general.
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My Review of A Homemade Life by Molly Wizenberg is here. It is so good!
Spiced: A Pastry Chef’s True Stories of Trials by Fire, After-Hours Exploits, and What Really Goes on in the Kitchen – Dalia Jurgensen
Wasn’t my cup of tea but I can see how some people might like it.
Julie & Julia by Julie Powell was a lot of fun!
Julia Child: A Life by Laura Shapiro
http://bookpsmith.blogspot.com/2009/08/book-review-julia-child-life-by-laura.html
A good read.
Julie & Julia by Julie Powell
http://bookpsmith.blogspot.com/2009/08/book-review-and-movie-comparison-julie.html
This book is a bit tricky to classify! : )
Potluck: Parables of Giving, Taking, and Belonging
http://suko95.blogspot.com/2009/08/potluck.html
I read Julie & Julia too. Here’s my review: http://rosecityreader.blogspot.com/2009/10/review-of-day-julie-julia.html
A very yummy read…
http://bookpsmith.blogspot.com/2009/10/le-cordon-bleu-crepes-and-giveaway.html
I LOVED Julia Child’s My Life in France, and Too Many Cooks (a mother’s story of cooking with and for kids) was okay.
http://reviews.rebeccareid.com/a-bite-of-the-spice-of-life-two-books-by-julia-child-and-too-many-cooks-by-emily-franklin/
Risotto with Nettles: a memoir with food
http://lyndasbookblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/risotto-with-nettles-memoir-with-food.html
A thousand days in Venice
http://lyndasbookblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/thousand-days-in-venice-by-marlena-de.html
Red, White, and Drunk All Over by Natalie McClean
http://astripedarmchair.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/red-white-and-drunk-all-over-thoughts/