Synopses & Reviews
“A look at the difficulties of sustaining childhood bonds, its also a satisfying meditation on how nourishment for the body can replenish the soul.”
—People
A novel that combines the moving story of a friendship told in letters with more than 80 delicious recipes, The Recipe Club by Andrea Israel (Taking Tea) and Nancy Garfinkel (The Wine Lovers Guide to Wine Country) is a wonderful literary banquet. A celebration of female bonding and excellent cooking—with scrumptious dishes developed by New York Times food columnist Melissa Clark—The Recipe Club will satisfy readers who previously devoured The Friday Night Knitting Club, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society, and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.
Review
“Told through letters and recipes, this novel traces the pairs loving, competitive friendship from 1963, when the girls first meet, to the present. A look at the difficulties of sustaining childhood bonds, its also a satisfying meditation on how nourishment for the body can replenish the soul.” People
Synopsis
Loyalty, loss, and the ties that bind: These are the ingredients of
The Recipe Club, a "novel cookbook" that combines an authentic story of friendship with more than eighty delicious recipes.
Lifelong friends Lilly and Val are united as much by their differences as by their similarities. In childhood, "LillyPad" and "ValPal" form an exclusive two-person club, writing intimate letters in which they share hopes, fears, deepest secrets . . . and recipes—from Lilly's "Lovelorn Lasagna" to Valerie's "Forgiveness Tapenade." The Recipe Club sustains Lilly and Val's bond across the decades: through the challenges of independence, the joys and heartbreaks of first love, and the emotional complexities of family relationships, identity, mortality, and goals deferred—until the fateful day when an act of kindness becomes an unforgivable betrayal.
Synopsis
"A look at the difficulties of sustaining childhood bonds, it's also a satisfying meditation on how nourishment for the body can replenish the soul."
--People
A novel that combines the moving story of a friendship told in letters with more than 80 delicious recipes,
The Recipe Club by Andrea Israel (
Taking Tea) and Nancy Garfinkel (
The Wine Lover's Guide to Wine Country) is a wonderful literary banquet. A celebration of female bonding and excellent cooking--with scrumptious dishes developed by
New York Times food columnist Melissa Clark--
The Recipe Club will satisfy readers who previously devoured
The Friday Night Knitting Club,
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society, and
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.
Synopsis
"Andrea Israel and Nancy Garfinkel have written an absorbing novel that reflects the wisdom of MFK Fisher, namely that there is no separating food and dining from family and friends. . . . A satisfying meal for both body and soul. -- Sara Moulton
Loyalty, loss, and the ties that bind: These are the ingredients of The Recipe Club, a novel cookbook that combines an authentic story of friendship with more than eighty delicious recipes.
Lifelong friends Lilly and Val are united as much by their differences as by their similarities. In childhood, LillyPad and ValPal form an exclusive two-person club, writing intimate letters in which they share hopes, fears, deepest secrets . . . and recipes--from Lilly's Lovelorn Lasagna to Valerie's Forgiveness Tapenade. The Recipe Club sustains Lilly and Val's bond across the decades: through the challenges of independence, the joys and heartbreaks of first love, and the emotional complexities of family relationships, identity, mortality, and goals deferred--until the fateful day when an act of kindness becomes an unforgivable betrayal.
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Isaiah Sheffer, host of Selected Shorts, National Public RadioAbout the Author
Andrea Israel is an Emmy Award-winning television producer and writer and the author of Taking Tea.