Lake Bluff Library Adult Reading Lists

A memoir about food, body image, and growing up in a loving but sometimes oppressively concerned Pakistani immigrant family.
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Follows the author's family's efforts to live on locally- and home-grown foods, an endeavor through which they learned lighthearted truths about food production and the connection between health and diet. (Description from NoveList)

Long before The Lost Kitchen became a world dining destination, Erin French was a girl roaming barefoot on a 25-acre farm, a teenager falling in love with food while working the line at her dad's diner and a young woman finding her calling as a professional chef. This singular memoir invites readers to Erin's corner of her beloved Maine to share the real person behind the "girl from Freedom" fairytale, and the not-so-picture-perfect struggles that have taken every ounce of her strength to overcome, and that make Erin's life triumphant.

This is the story of Reichl's tenure as editor in chief of Gourmet. We learn how, with legendary chefs, idiosyncratic writers, and a colorful group of editors and art directors, she spearheaded a revolution in the way we think about food.
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From award-winning actor and food obsessive Stanley Tucci comes an intimate and charming memoir of life in and out of the kitchen. (Description from catalog)

A poignant and transporting cross-cultural love story set against the lush backdrop of the Sicilian countryside, where one woman discovers the healing powers of food, family, and unexpected grace in her darkest hour. (Description from NoveList)