![]() ![]() ![]() Inspired by the food writing of Los Angeles Times stalwart Barbara Hansen, Fay's epistolary book follows two passionate cooks as they introduce each other to new ingredients and help each other navigate life's challenges. Love & Saffron: A Novel of Friendship, Food, and Love by Kim Fay (2022)įay wrote her debut novel after decades as a food writer and avid home chef, and the book joyfully bursts with her life experience. This beautiful story following a young cook's career path is that good - you'll be left wanting much more. I could've read it in an afternoon, but instead rationed it like a box of exquisite chocolates. The Cook by Maylis de Kerangal (2016)Ī painfully short book I didn't want to end. ![]() Esquivel's novel remains a load-bearing wall of food fiction, and its magnificent descriptions are as sensuous and moving as any in the intervening decades. I wasn't ready for this book when I read it in high school, but it recalibrated my notions of long-form narrative, genre conventions, and food writing all at once. ![]() Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel (1989) His new novel, Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club, focuses on a mother, a daughter, a grandmother, and the family business. Ryan Stradal is the author of the best-selling novels Kitchens of the Great Midwest and The Lager Queen of Minnesota. ![]()
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