Sandy is a huge fan of well-written memoirs, as a way to crawl inside another's experience and make you think. This year her memoir book club will focus on food-related memoirs - and of course she'll serve the fabulous food connected with the author. By no means are the reads only authored by chefs, that's for sure - we will read and discuss really really good books by people for whom food is something of a focus. Maybe even especially home cooking. Sandy will be joined by Karen Diersen in leading the group, and Karen as always is the smartest but nicest person in the room.
Purchase of the memoir from PPB is required for attendance; buy your ticket here, online, or call the store to sign up.
Foodoir Bookclub
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Miami Herald - Newsday - The Huffington Post - Financial Times - GQ - Slate - Men's Journal - Washington Examiner - Publishers Weekly - Kirkus Reviews - National Post - The Toronto Star - BookPage - BookreporterBefore Gabrielle Hamilton opened her acclaimed New York restaurant Prune, she spent twenty hard-living years trying to find purpose and meaning in her life. Blood, Bones & Butter follows an unconventional journey through the many kitchens Hamilton has inhabited through the years: the rural kitchen of her childhood, where her adored mother stood over the six-burner with an oily wooden spoon in hand; the kitchens of France, Greece, and Turkey, where she was often fed by complete strangers and learned the essence of hospitality; Hamilton's own kitchen at Prune, with its many unexpected challenges; and the kitchen of her Italian mother-in-law, who serves as the link between Hamilton's idyllic past and her own future family--the result of a prickly marriage that nonetheless yields lasting dividends. By turns epic and intimate, Gabrielle Hamilton's story is told with uncommon honesty, grit, humor, and passion. Features a new essay by Gabrielle Hamilton at the back of the book
Look for special features inside. Join the Circle for author chats and more.
