The Recipe Box - Heirloom, Bk 3 Author:Viola Shipman Growing up in northern Michigan, Samantha “Sam” Mullins felt trapped on her family’s orchard and pie shop, so she left with dreams of making her own mark in the world. But life as an overworked, undervalued sous chef at a reality star’s New York bakery is not what Sam dreamed. — When the chef embarrasses Sam, she quits and... more » returns home. Unemployed, single, and defeated, she spends a summer working on her family’s orchard cooking and baking alongside the women in her lifeâincluding her mother, Deana, and grandmother, Willo. One beloved, flour-flecked, ink-smeared recipe at a time, Sam begins to learn about and understand the women in her life, her family’s history, and her passion for food through their treasured recipe box.
As Sam discovers what matters most she opens her heart to a man she left behind, but who now might be the key to her happiness.« less
Sweet, heartwarming story. Sometimes when we try to escape our family & our history to make our own mark, you find you always had what you were looking for. Book includes several yummy recipes. Story is a bit predictable but a nostalgic read.