I had high expectations of this book, and I was not disappointed. I say this is a combination of The Glass Castle (in that Hamilton is strikingly honest when it comes to her childhood, adolescence, and adulthood, "warts and all" as I heard her say in a TV interview) and Julie & Julia (in its sumptuous descriptions of everything culinary). Hamilton has received rave reviews for her first book, a book that I feel is more well-written than any other food memoir I have read, a testament to Hamilton's graduate education in writing. In fact, I was so inspired by her mouth-watering descriptions that I hurriedly planned out a "food critic" assignment for my incoming seniors as a gateway to descriptive writing toward the beginning of the school year. Beware, parents, your students may soon be writing all about the dinners you prepare!
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