![]() ![]() The book is, at turns, roaringly funny-her mother’s potluck dinners of the ’70s, full of casseroles, nudism and weed are particularly hilarious. ![]() She writes tenderly about adolescence, when simple crackers and cheese after school can make your heart sing, and how your lunchbox can define you. She moves a lot, and the book is divided into parts representing each new locale: pot roast in Arizona, tapioca pudding in California, courgettes in France, minestrone in New York. Her parents divorce, and Kate and her sisters are raised by their mother. The book begins with a life-defining moment: Christensen’s father beats her mother violently after a family meal of delicious soft-boiled eggs and buttered bread. Fisher will find Christensen similarly nourishing. ![]() Her food memoir is frank, humorous and warm the stories, written morsel-like, are devoured quickly. The award-winning novelist impresses readers once again, but this time, it’s fact, not fiction, that dazzles. Blue Plate Special: An Autobiography Of My Appetites ![]()
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