I'm a sucker for a memoir, or a good personal narrative, especially one about A)food, B) religion, or C)food as a kind of religion. (Recommendations, off hand, for food memoirs: Julie and Julia, Under the Tuscan Sun, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, and the next on my shelf is Heat; and for spiritual memoirs try Donald Miller, Anne Lamott, Lauren Winner, and (most of all) Kathleen Norris. Maybe Joan Didion is the best of all to read when it comes to memoirs, though.)
Molly Wizenberg is best known as the creator of Orangette, a blog I read occasionally but not regularly. Last Labor Day weekend when Katie and Elliott came to visit, we visited Delancey, the pizza joint that Molly and her husband started.
What finally got me to read her book was actually her recent columns for Bon Appetit, and the book itself is like a collection of those columns - recipes paired with personal stories and reflections - organized around a tighter narrative. (Did you know she met her husband through her blog? She did.) She has a delightful writing style.
Do you have a favorite memoir or autobiographical personal narrative?
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I guess I'll add it at the library. :)
It's not so much about food or religion, but I enjoyed A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway. And I agree about Joan Didion
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