Life from scratch : a memoir of food, family, and forgiveness

Martin, Sasha.

Book 2015

"It was a culinary journey like no other: Over the course of 195 weeks, food writer and blogger Sasha Martin set out to cook--and eat--a meal from every country in the world. As cooking unlocked the memories of her rough-and-tumble childhood and the loss and heartbreak that came with it, Martin became more determined than ever to find peace and elevate her life through the prism of food and world cultures. From the tiny, makeshift kitchen of her...

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ISBN:

9781426213748

Description:

352 pages ; 24 cm

Notes:

Includes index

Contents:

Conflict of heritage. Living room kitchen ; A lifetime past ; Lean years ; Just desserts ; Fallen branches ; The new order ; White flag of surrender
Another menu. Innocent abroad ; The better part of a minute ; Salt of the land ; On borrowed time
Cleaving. School days ; Reunion and remembrance ; Sizing things up ; Moving on ; The other side of the kitchen
Stirrings. My Oklahoma ; Mr. Picky ; All that I could want ; Cinnamon eyes ; A baby and a blog
True spice. Afghanistan or bust ; World on a plate ; Stove top travel ; The world close by ; 21 layers of memory ; Burnt chicken ; One family
Feast of nations. A true global table

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2014033548

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1192458

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