For the June / July edition I chose the novel Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal (July 2015)
On our club's website, we have a page where people can suggest readings. One of them caught my attention and when I followed up and looked at Stradal's books, I was intrigued by the words on the publisher's page "a novel about a young woman with a once-in-a-generation palate who becomes the iconic chef behind the country’s most coveted dinner reservation." Such an introduction is hard to resist.
The structure of the book also sounds intriguing:
Each chapter in J. Ryan Stradal’s startlingly original debut tells the story of a single dish and character, at once capturing the zeitgeist of the Midwest, the rise of foodie culture, and delving into the ways food creates community and a sense of identity.
I hope the novel will make for an pleasant read and a source of inspiration in the kitchen.
Simona, briciole
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