Food as Love

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This memoir is raw. Erin French has lived a challenging life. Her memoir shares so many broken dreams and hopes. But it also gives a sense of possibility and second chances. And it centers on love and on strength.

The food is amazing, be it from a diner or from The Lost Kitchen. Her connection to the food and the way she connects it to serving and caring come through powerfully. And she uses cooking to ground herself and remind herself of her roots with her family. More than that, in growing a restaurant, she also grew a second family.

The descriptions of the dishes, their origins, the ever changing menu make me deeply wish to travel and eat at The Lost Kitchen myself. But equally, they make me want to spend time preparing a good meal for those I love.

TW: alcohol and drug abuse, domestic violence

Thank you to Celadon Books and NetGalley for this book. These opinions are my own.