Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef

by Gabrielle Hamilton | Biographies & Memoirs |
ISBN: 0812980883 Global Overview for this book
Registered by loriped of Keizer, Oregon USA on 3/1/2016
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Journal Entry 1 by loriped from Keizer, Oregon USA on Tuesday, March 1, 2016
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.

Journal Entry 2 by loriped at Keizer, Oregon USA on Tuesday, March 1, 2016
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.

Journal Entry 3 by dancing-dog at Cordova, Tennessee USA on Wednesday, March 9, 2016
Thanks LoriPed - looks interesting - I'll let you know what I think about it!

Journal Entry 4 by dancing-dog at Cordova, Tennessee USA on Saturday, December 30, 2017
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.

Journal Entry 5 by dancing-dog at Cordova, Tennessee USA on Monday, November 5, 2018

Released 5 yrs ago (11/5/2018 UTC) at Cordova, Tennessee USA

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Putting this in a book box that is going to bookpatch.

Journal Entry 6 by bookpatch at Lakewood, California USA on Saturday, November 17, 2018
A nice surprise, thanks DD!

Journal Entry 7 by bookpatch at Lakewood, California USA on Sunday, January 23, 2022
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.

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