Burnt Toast Makes You Sing Good: A Memoir with Recipes from an American Family
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| Rating | : | 4.14 (646 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0143127691 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-25 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Brimming with tasty anecdotes about Uncle Clarence’s divine cornflake-crusted fried chicken, Grandpa Charles’s spicy San Antonio chili, and Grandma Inez’s birthday-only cinnamon rolls, Flinn—think Ruth Reichl topped with a dollop of Julia Child—shows how meals can be memories, and how cooking can be communication. A delicious new memoir from the New York Times bestselling author of The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You CryA family history peppered with recipes, Burnt Toast Makes You Sing Good offers a humorous and flavorful tale spanning three generations as Kathleen Flinn returns to the mix of food and memoir readers loved in her New York Times bestseller, The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry. Burnt Toast Makes You Sing Good will inspire readers (a
hungry and saying I am from the state shaped like a mitten Rural Michigan gastronomy includes bread, cherries, wine, cereal, beer and a view that is unequalled. For all of who grew up cold, hungry and saying I am from the state shaped like a mitten.I forgot to include venison. "each book contains some great recipes for the foods she has discussed" according to Galley Hunter. If you have never read anything by Kathleen Flinn, you're really missing out! She is quite the master of the memoir. She has taken her fairly ordinary life and written not one, but three, rich, compelling books about it. Because cooking is such a part of who she is, each book conta. "this books was wonderful and I couldn't put it down" according to Alex B.. Kathleen Flinn is a true story teller, this books was wonderful and I couldn't put it down. The passion and love comes through in this telling of her family history, so much so that I wanted to be one of the children on those family fishing trips/vacations. Flinn comes from a famil
It's is a compelling story about learning to cook and learning to love at the same time, told with humility, humor and passion.”—Bill Radke, host of public radio's Weekend America“Kat Flynn’s vivid story of her adventures at Le Cordon Bleu Paris had me smiling page after page. "Flinn shares uplifting stories of the recipes that shaped her life, from her Swedish grandmother's pancakes to her mom's chicken and biscuits." - More Magazine" A memoir with lots of eating, road trips and family history, this combination platter will fill you up." - Campus Circle "Kathleen is a born storyteller! Her books grab you from page one, and hold onto you and your imagination, until the last page is turned, so it's no surprise that this book is full of charm and wit as well! This book will have you laughing and crying! "- Bless Their Hear
. She leveraged her French culinary training to understand what holds home cooks back from cooking in her widely acclaimed follow-up The Kitchen Counter Cooking School, named a 2012 Non-Fiction Book of the Year by the American Society of Journalists & Authors. KATHLEEN FLINN is the author of The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry, a New York Times best-selling memoirabout her experiences at the famed Le Cordon Bleu in Paris. She lives in