Bon Appetempt: A Coming-of-Age Story (with Recipes!)
Autor Amelia Morrisen Limba Engleză Hardback – 2 feb 2015
When
Amelia
Morris
saw
a
towering,
beautiful
chocolate
cake
in
Bon
Appétit
and
took
the
recipe
home
to
recreate
it
for
a
Christmas
day
brunch
she
was
hosting,
it
resulted
in
a
terrible
(but
tasty)
mess
that
had
to
be
served
in
an
oversize
bowl.
It
was
also
a
revelation.
Both
delicious
and
damaged,
it
seemed
a
physical
metaphor
for
the
many
curious
and
unexpected
situations
she's
found
herself
in
throughout
her
life,
from
her
brief
career
as
a
six-year-old
wrestler
to
her
Brady
Bunch-style
family
(minus
the
housekeeper
and
the
familial
harmony)
to
her
ill-fated
twenty-something
job
at
the
School
of
Rock
in
Los
Angeles.
As
a
way
to
bring
order
to
chaos
and
in
search
of
a
more
meaningful
lifestyle,
she
finds
herself
more
and
more
at
home
in
the
kitchen,
where
she
begins
to
learn
that
even
if
the
results
of
her
culinary
efforts
fall
well
short
of
the
standard
set
by
glossy
food
magazines,
they
can
still
bring
satisfaction
(and
sustenance)
to
her
and
her
family
and
friends.
Full
of
hilarious
observations
about
food,
family,
unemployment,
romance,
and
the
extremes
of
modern
L.A.,
and
featuring
recipes
as
basic
as
Toasted
Cheerios
and
as
advanced
as
gâteau
de
crêpes,
BON
APPÉTEMPT
is
sure
to
resonate
with
anyone
who
has
tried
and
failed,
and
been
all
the
better
for
it.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781455549368
ISBN-10: 1455549363
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 149 x 219 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Editura: Grand Central Publishing
Colecția Grand Central Publishing
ISBN-10: 1455549363
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 149 x 219 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Editura: Grand Central Publishing
Colecția Grand Central Publishing
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Notă biografică
Amelia
Morris
is
the
creator
of
Bon
Appétempt,
whichTimemagazine
named
as
one
of
the
twenty-five
best
blogs
of
2012.
Her
work
has
also
been
featured
in
theLos
Angeles
Times,The
Splendid
Table,
Saveur.com,
BonAppetit.com,
and
McSweeney's.
She
holds
an
MFA
in
Creative
Writing
from
the
University
of
North
Carolina,
Wilmington,
where
she
was
the
recipient
of
the
Margaret
Shannon
Morton
Fellowship.
She
currently
lives
on
the
east
side
of
Los
Angeles
with
her
husband,
baby
son,
and
small
dog.
Recenzii
"A
winning
memoir
about
youthful
befuddlement
and
finding
yourself."—People
"A delicious portrait of love, loss and what I ate . . . I read this book the way I eat a pizza that's really good. I ate the whole thing in one sitting. . . Morris is masterful and funny in stirring the pot . . . Whether Morris is winning or failing in her relationships or mastery of the dishes, she is always human."—The News and Observer(Raleigh)
"A moving, smart, and often hilarious coming-of-age story."—Largehearted Boy
"A refreshing take on growing up and coming to terms with the joys and travails of family, career and navigating the kitchen. . . Whether Morris is deconstructing her failed attempts at finding satisfying work, struggling with rocky family relationships or experiencing a culinary failure, she adroitly blends the ingredients of humor and self-reflection."—Kirkus Reviews
"Morris adopts an interest in cooking as an adult, grabbing food glossies at grocery checkouts and trying to re-create the meals they picture. The impetus for the blog she starts, with which this book shares its name, was a growing realization that if words failed her, food wouldn't: cooking, as opposed to writing, became a place to lightheartedly attempt great things, and not feel personally hurt if she failed. . . Some recipes are described in the text, too, like the toasted cheerios Morris makes, immediately summoning childhood memories. Sure to appeal to fans of her personable blog, and to round up new ones."
—Booklist
"I picked upBon Appetempton a flight, planning to read for maybe five minutes before taking a nap, and when I finally came up for air, three hours had passed. (Readers: consider yourselves warned!) Smart, funny, and most of all human, Amelia Morris is a winning storyteller, even when she's losing at everything. I love this book."—Molly Wizenberg, author ofDelanceyandA Homemade Life
"Amelia Morris uses her trademark humor and fierce honesty to tell a wry and touching coming-of-age story. It made me laugh, wrenched my heart and gave me an instant craving for beans and rice in coconut milk."—Luisa Weiss, founder of The Wednesday Chef and author ofMy Berlin Kitchen
"If you like Laurie Colwin and MFK Fisher, you'll love Amelia Morris andBon Appétempt. It's a charming, thoughtful, and touching memoir about growing up and becoming the person and artist you've always wanted to be--both inside and outside the kitchen."—Edan Lepucki, author ofCalifornia
"Amelia Morris's debut, Bon Appétempt, is one of the most compulsively readable books I've picked up in years. It's spirited, funny, smartly nostalgic, wistful, real. I've never seen another author break a reader's heart, make them laugh, and offer up a recipe for broccolini in the span of two pages. It's all here: big love, big sadness, superb self-aware writing, and cake. Indulge in all of it as fast as you can, and enjoy the rewarding fullness of this incredible book."—Megan Mayhew Bergman, author ofBirds of a Lesser ParadiseandAlmost Famous Women
"There is a moment I call the 'exchange', a tipping point, where the events of a book start to interest me more than the events of my own waking life. It's the reader's dream and the reason to read. I felt this so deeply and and pleasurably while reading this book. It is full of delight, both intellectual and earthy. It's a book about food, and about family, and about becoming oneself, finally, absurdly, wonderfully. It's just a joy to live inside this book for a while. It's etched in my mind permanently."—Rebecca Lee, author ofBobcat
"A delicious portrait of love, loss and what I ate . . . I read this book the way I eat a pizza that's really good. I ate the whole thing in one sitting. . . Morris is masterful and funny in stirring the pot . . . Whether Morris is winning or failing in her relationships or mastery of the dishes, she is always human."—The News and Observer(Raleigh)
"A moving, smart, and often hilarious coming-of-age story."—Largehearted Boy
"A refreshing take on growing up and coming to terms with the joys and travails of family, career and navigating the kitchen. . . Whether Morris is deconstructing her failed attempts at finding satisfying work, struggling with rocky family relationships or experiencing a culinary failure, she adroitly blends the ingredients of humor and self-reflection."—Kirkus Reviews
"Morris adopts an interest in cooking as an adult, grabbing food glossies at grocery checkouts and trying to re-create the meals they picture. The impetus for the blog she starts, with which this book shares its name, was a growing realization that if words failed her, food wouldn't: cooking, as opposed to writing, became a place to lightheartedly attempt great things, and not feel personally hurt if she failed. . . Some recipes are described in the text, too, like the toasted cheerios Morris makes, immediately summoning childhood memories. Sure to appeal to fans of her personable blog, and to round up new ones."
—Booklist
"I picked upBon Appetempton a flight, planning to read for maybe five minutes before taking a nap, and when I finally came up for air, three hours had passed. (Readers: consider yourselves warned!) Smart, funny, and most of all human, Amelia Morris is a winning storyteller, even when she's losing at everything. I love this book."—Molly Wizenberg, author ofDelanceyandA Homemade Life
"Amelia Morris uses her trademark humor and fierce honesty to tell a wry and touching coming-of-age story. It made me laugh, wrenched my heart and gave me an instant craving for beans and rice in coconut milk."—Luisa Weiss, founder of The Wednesday Chef and author ofMy Berlin Kitchen
"If you like Laurie Colwin and MFK Fisher, you'll love Amelia Morris andBon Appétempt. It's a charming, thoughtful, and touching memoir about growing up and becoming the person and artist you've always wanted to be--both inside and outside the kitchen."—Edan Lepucki, author ofCalifornia
"Amelia Morris's debut, Bon Appétempt, is one of the most compulsively readable books I've picked up in years. It's spirited, funny, smartly nostalgic, wistful, real. I've never seen another author break a reader's heart, make them laugh, and offer up a recipe for broccolini in the span of two pages. It's all here: big love, big sadness, superb self-aware writing, and cake. Indulge in all of it as fast as you can, and enjoy the rewarding fullness of this incredible book."—Megan Mayhew Bergman, author ofBirds of a Lesser ParadiseandAlmost Famous Women
"There is a moment I call the 'exchange', a tipping point, where the events of a book start to interest me more than the events of my own waking life. It's the reader's dream and the reason to read. I felt this so deeply and and pleasurably while reading this book. It is full of delight, both intellectual and earthy. It's a book about food, and about family, and about becoming oneself, finally, absurdly, wonderfully. It's just a joy to live inside this book for a while. It's etched in my mind permanently."—Rebecca Lee, author ofBobcat