A book written in short stories that bring all the characters together in an epic dinner.

Just a pointless book. There is much better literature out there.

Cooking/food was not much of a factor in the plot. Very choppy and difficult to follow.

This is the life story of a woman who develops a great palate and a wonderful talent for cooking great meals. Every chapter is written from the perspective of a different important person in her life, and as a reader we gradually get to know about the main character. You will want to try some of the recipes by the time you finish reading.

There’s not a whole lot of happiness in this book and it seems to have a lot of unnecessary side stories that don’t add much to the plot.

In fact we liked this one so much we read h next one, Lager Queen and had a beer tasting for book club. We cooked parts of the meals from Kitchens if the Midwest for that meeting.