Putnam, 2009
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THE SCHOOL OF ESSENTIAL INGREDIENTS Once a month on Monday night, eight students gather in Lillian’s restaurant kitchen for a cooking class. They come to learn the art behind Lillian’s dishes, but it soon becomes clear that each one unknowingly seeks a recipe for something beyond the kitchen. One by one, they are transformed by the aromas, flavors, and textures of what they create. Over time, the paths of the students intermingle and intertwine, and the essence of Lillian’s cooking expands beyond the restaurant and into the secret corners of their lives, with results that are often unexpected and always delicious. Special note to book clubs: Be the 100th book club to sign up to talk with me about The School of Essential Ingredients and your club members will win signed copies of Joy For Beginners (up to ten copies).
“As exquisitely prepared and satisfying as the dishes Lillian prepares in her restaurant.” “Food Network fans will devour this first novel about a whimsical cooking school run by a gentle chef with a fierce passion for food.” “A delicate, meltingly lovely hymn to food and friendship. Lillian’s kitchen, full of buttery light and gorgeous smells, is a place where the world works the way it should. You’ll want to tuck yourself into one warm corner of it and stay all day.” “Exquisitely written and heartbreakingly delicious. It’s a luscious slice of life… you will enjoy every bit.”
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Penguin, 1994
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500 GREAT BOOKS BY WOMEN: A READER’S GUIDE
500 Great Books by Women presents a rich array of books by women authors from across time and from over seventy countries. The guide is organized by theme, with indexes by author, title, country, genre, and date, among others. Our goal was to cover as many centuries as possible, and as many countries as we could. The criteria were simple – the book had to be written by a woman, in print, and written or translated into English – and one of the three of us had to love it.
“Imagine an unhurried afternoon spent browsing among the best possible selection of books by and about women. Imagine further that you’re with friends who take the time to browse along with you and occasionally murmur over a prized find, ‘You must read this,’ or ‘I loved this book because…’ Then buy this book, fix yourself a cup of tea, and enjoy.”
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Penguin 1997
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LET’S HEAR IT FOR GIRLS:
Each book annotated in Let’s Hear It for the Girls presents a portrait of a strong female protagonist. Books are arranged alphabetically by title in four age ranges, while indexes by title, author, time period of the book, subject, and country of book content make finding the right book easy. Now, over ten years since its publication, we are meeting amazing girls and boys who grew up on the works we selected – and it is an incredible experience.
“Bravo for Bauermeister and Smith! They’ve give adults and young girls a much-needed treasure map of heroines and ‘she-roes.’ With its hundreds of titles and summaries, it blazes an important path in the forest of children’s literature.” “A wonderful resource for parents who want to encourage their daughters to be strong, capable, and self-reliant.”
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