Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef
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Blood, Bones & Butter follows the chef Gabrielle Hamilton's extraordinary journey through the places she has inhabited over the years: the rural kitchen of her childhood, where her adored mother stood over the six-burner with wooden spoon in hand; the kitchens of France, Greece, and Turkey, where she was often fed by complete strangers and learned the essence of hospitality; and the kitchen of her beloved Italian mother-in-law, who serves as the link between Hamilton's idyllic past and her own future family.
I was able to read about half the book before I lost interest in it. I think that I just needed something with a little more suspense and action to keep my interest late at night, which is about the only time I have to read right now.
Sending it on to someone who selected it from a VBB at BookObsessed.
Sending it on to someone who selected it from a VBB at BookObsessed.
Thanks LoriPed - looks interesting - I'll let you know what I think about it!
Interesting read. I feel like she found herself as a chef but still struggled with being true to herself in the other parts of her life.
Putting this in a book box that is going to bookpatch.
A nice surprise, thanks DD!
This autobiography almost reads as a series of interconnecting yet stand-alone essays, rather than a fluent narrative arc. But that's not a bad thing. This book confirms what I have read in other "the-lives-of-chefs" memoirs -- no doubt about it, it appears to require a lot of passion about one's craft to be able to survive/thrive in that intense kitchen environment. I also liked her musings on the true nature of hospitality, removed from the commercial aspect of it and seen from the recipient's view. Thank you for sharing.