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The Recipe Club A Tale of Food and Friendship
Author: Andrea Israel, Nancy Garfinkel

"I've been to many combat zones, so I know a real fight when I see one?and 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."... more »?Bob Woodruff, ABC News Anchor and journalist ?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 you?re lucky enough to have that one true best friend, you?ll find all the love, prickliness, laughter, blood curdling honesty, and joy here.??Lynne Rossetto Kasper, host of The Splendid Table®, public radio's food show from American Public Media ?The Recipe Club, a moving story about two close friends connecting and reconnecting through food and cooking, contains one of my favorite lines written to date: 'So, how do you fix a broken heart? Maybe with ricotta cheese.'??Tanya Steel, editor of Epicurious.com and co-author of Real Food for Healthy Kids 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 idealistic?and surprisingly ambitious?struggles 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 secrets?and recipes, from Lilly?s ?Lovelorn Lasagna? to Valerie?s ?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 they?ve lost, Lilly and Val reunite once more?only to uncover a shocking secret. Will it destroy their friendship, or bring them ever closer? Andrea Israel is a producer/writer for ABC?s Focus Earth. She was a producer/writer on Anderson Cooper 360, Dateline, and Good Morning America (which garnered her an Emmy Award). Her story In Donald?s Eyes was recently optioned for a film. Ms. Israel is the author of Taking Tea. Her writing has appeared in many publications. Nancy Garfinkel is co-author of The Wine Lover?s Guide to the Wine Country: The Best of Napa, Sonoma, and Mendocino (Chronicle Books, 2005). A creative strategist, design consultant, writer, and editor for magazine, corporate, and non-profit clients, she has won a host of graphic arts and editorial merit awards. She has written extensively about food and graphic arts.

ISBN-13: 9780982349205
ISBN-10: 0982349203
Publication Date: 10/1/2009
Pages: 400
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Currently 2.7/5 Stars.

2.7 stars, based on 6 ratings

Publisher: Polhemus Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 1
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Julian M. reviewed The Recipe Club: A Tale of Food and Friendship on 2/12/2011

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Absolutely a great book. Has a wonderful story and keeps you turning the pages. I have read it many times and I have used almost all it's recipes. This is truly an amazing book.

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Julian M. reviewed The Recipe Club: A Tale of Food and Friendship on 1/10/2010

I loved, loved, loved, loved this book! It has something for every person. It has romance and everything. I hope you will enjoy this book just as much as i did. It is a wonderful book

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