Tag Archives: food

In His Boots

Posted on September 10, 2021 by dianeledet

Mina by Jonatha Creely is a novel which takes place on an English estate during the 1800’s. The title character Mina, is a young, female Irish orphan who finds herself alone in England after a surviving a fire on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1800 England, English country estates, food, historical fiction, Ireland potato famine, Italy, Jonatha Creely, Mina, orphans, Rome | 2 Comments

Life Changer

Posted on October 14, 2020 by dianeledet

Things My Son Needs to Know About the World by Fredrik Backman is a hilarious book of letters the author has written to his young son. Given all that’s presently going on in the world, this clever book of off-the-wall … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Books, fatherhood, food, Fredrik Bachman, humor, parenting, sports, Sweden, things my son needs to know about the world | Leave a comment

There’s No Place Called Home

Posted on August 4, 2019 by dianeledet

Women in Sunlight by Frances Mayes was oa grueling chore for me to read. It is the story of Kit, a woman in her forties who is an American now living in Tuscany, Italy and in the process of writing … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Books, chic lit, cooking, fiction, food, frances Mayes, Italy, Tuscany, Women in sunlight | 4 Comments

Deep Fried Love

Posted on January 9, 2019 by dianeledet

If The Best Cook in the World: Tales from My Mamma’s Table by Rick Bragg doesn’t inspire you to try some down home Southern cooking, it will, at the very least, make your mouth water! I loved this cookbook/homage to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alabama, cookbook, Family lore, food, Georgia, history, memoir, recipes, Rick Bragg, The best cook in the world, The South | Leave a comment

Burnt Sugar

Posted on October 11, 2018 by dianeledet

The Late Bloomers’ Club by Louise Miller is a recent novel about a forty-two year-old divorced woman who runs the family diner founded by her late parents in New England. Nora has a younger sister named Kit who, unlike Nora, … Continue reading →

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Vivre

Posted on March 18, 2018 by dianeledet

The Little French Bistro by Nina George is a fictional novel about a German woman named Marianne who, while vacationing in Paris, decides to attempt suicide by jumping in the Seine. Unhappily married to a selfish man for many years … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Brittany, divorce, fiction, food, Germany, Nina George, Paris, suicide, The little French bistro | 1 Comment

Voracious Appetites

Posted on December 4, 2016 by dianeledet

Cooking for Picasso by Camille Aubray is a novel which made me hungry. I say this because the premise of the story is that while hiding-out In the south of France prior to the second World War, Picasso has a … Continue reading →

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Independence

Posted on October 4, 2016 by dianeledet

Before We Visit the Goddess by Chitra Banerjee Divakuruni is a fictional novel about three generations of women. The story begins with the grandmother in Bengal, India and ends with her granddaughter in Texas. The main theme of the story … Continue reading →

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Family Fodder

Posted on August 25, 2014 by dianeledet

Burnt Toast Makes You Sing Good by Kathleen Flinn is a recently published memoir which touched my heart. In this novel, the Midwestern rooted author shares the stories of her family’s joys and sorrows. Raised on a rural farm in … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Books, Burnt Toast Makes You Sing Good, cooking, fishing, food, Kathleen Flinn, memoir, Michigan, midwest, recipes | 5 Comments

Comfort

Posted on November 7, 2013 by dianeledet

November has arrived bringing with it thoughts of Thanksgiving and food. When one of my Goodreads friends listed Cherries in Winter: My Family’s Recipe for Hope in Hard Times, by Suzan Colón on her “to read” list I thought, “What … Continue reading →

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