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The Recipe Club : A Tale Of Food And Friendship
Lilly and Val are lifelong friends, united as much by their differences as by their similarities. Lilly, dramatic and confident, lives in the shadow of her beautiful, wayward mother and craves the attention of her distant, disapproving father. Val, shy and idealisticand surprisingly ambitiousstruggles with her desire to break free from her demanding housebound mother and a father whose dreams never seem to come true.
In childhood, LillyPad and Valpal vow to form an exclusive two-person club. Throughout the decades they write intimate letters in which they share hopes, fears, deepest secretsand recipes, from Lillys Lovelorn Lasagna to Valeries Forgiveness Tapenade. Readers can cook along as the girls travel through time, facing the challenges of independence; the joys and heartbreaks of first love; and the emotional complexities of family relationships, identity, mortality, and goals deferred.
But no matter what different paths they take or what misunderstandings threaten to break them apart, Lilly and Val always find their way back together through their Recipe Club . . . until the fateful day when an act of kindness becomes an unforgivable betrayal.
Now, decades later, while trying to recapture the trust theyve lost, Lilly and Val reunite once moreonly to uncover a shocking secret. Will it destroy their friendship, or bring them ever closer?
EDITORIAL REVIEWS
Food and love without the schmaltz and warm fuzzies is what kept me turning the pages of this book. Yes, there are recipes, nostalgic and good ones, but the fascination is in how they mark the years of a childhood friendship struggling to become a life long one. If youre lucky enough to have that one true best friend, youll find all the love, prickliness, laughter, blood curdling honesty, and joy here. Lynne Rossetto Kasper, host ofThe Splendid Table®, public radios food show from American Public Media
Ive been to many combat zones, so I kn ow a real fight when I see oneand the characters in this book pull no punches. But what surprised me is how their conflict is just as engaging as their crazy humor and deep affection for each other. This book perfectly combines my two favorite things in the world: fiction and food. It's a great read.Bob Woodruff, ABC News anchor and journalist
I found elements of every one of my own friendships in the 40-year relationship between Lilly and Val, the heroines of this delicious and delightful novel. I also discovered heaps of recipes that I cant wait to try out. Authors Andrea Israel and Nancy Garfinkel bring to life the joys as well as the disappointments inherent in attachments between women, and the power of food to sustain intimacy when those bonds are strained. I nodded in recognition as I hungrily devoured this satisfying and surprising story.Giulia Melucci, author of I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti
THE RECIPE CLUB is an extraordinary culinary fiction creationa main dish consisting of a tender and poignant tale of love and friendship, served up with tasty sides of wonderful recipes. This is more than comfort food, its haute literary cuisine.Isaiah Sheffer, host of National Public Radios Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story
This moving story, about two close friends connecting and reconnecting through food and cooking, contains on e of my favorite lines written to date: So, how do you fix a broken heart? Maybe with ricotta cheese.Tanya Steel, editor-in-chief of Epicurious.com and co-author of Real Food for Healthy Kids
THE RECIPE CLUB takes readers on an epistolary journey that is as appetizing as it is thought-provoking. Family secrets, lifelong friendships, and various appetizers, entrees, and desserts are blended together into a rich tale that will warm hearts as much as it tantalizes the tastebuds.Jennifer Cody Epstein, author of The Painter from Shanghai
Andrea Israel and Nancy Garfinkel have written an absorbing novel that reflects the wisdom of MFK Fisher, namely, that there is no separating food and dining from family and friends. No wonder, then, thatTHE RECIPE CLUB struck me as a satisfying meal for both body and soul.Sara Moulton Host of Public TelevisionsSaras Weeknight Meals and executive chef,Gourmet Magazine
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