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The School of Essential Ingredients
The School of Essential Ingredients
Author: Erica Bauermeister
A lesson in cake-making leads to reflections on a marriage; tortillas teach a girl to believe in herself. A man learns about love while creating tiramisu. The School of Essential Ingredients follows the lives of eight cooking students and their teacher in a class that meets in Lillian's restaurant kitchen. Over the course of eight months, the li...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780399155437
ISBN-10: 0399155430
Publication Date: 1/22/2009
Pages: 256
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  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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3.8 stars, based on 48 ratings
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Book Type: Hardcover
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Helpful Score: 2
Best book I read in a long time. Yes, it is about cooking, but it is about life. It changed how I look at cooking and added to the way to look at life. I highly recommend the book. It is a quick read that you can't put down.
njmom3 avatar reviewed The School of Essential Ingredients on + 1389 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
This book read like a set of short stories set around the people participating in a cooking class. The characters do cross over stories and weave together. The individual stories dealt with relationships - long term marriage surviving many things, loss of a loved one, relationship between mother and child and other. The book also explored as new relationships formed between the individual - what can be found through a chance meeting. Underlying all the stories, of course, is food and vivid descriptions of the food and the process of cooking. Being a foodie also, I really enjoyed the book!
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Recommended by a friend, a quick read. Found a new appreciation of cooking and taking the time to enjoy a meal in our fast paced life.
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