Stir: My Broken Brain and the Meals That Brought Me Home
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| Rating | : | 4.13 (734 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1594631328 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-16 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
She doesn't believe in secret recipes.. JESSICA FECHTOR writes the popular food blog, Sweet Amandine. She is a PhD candidate in Jewish Literature at Harvard University, and lives with her husband and daughters in San Francisco
Leanne Holloway said An amazing tale from the heart of a gifted storyteller.. Stir: My Broken Brain and the Meals that Brought Me Home is thought-filled work combining autobiography and cookbook. Ms. Fechtor shared glimpses into her journey of recovery from unimagineable brain insult. She gives vivid descriptions of her connections with various foods, her strongly-rooted faith, and large support network that sustained her in her return to health and sense of completion. Moving details and wonderful food descriptions "stirred" my emotions and tempted my palate. Loved it from . A wonderful read!!! Ilene Sybil Appell This is a beautifully written book; an inspiring story. And the recipes are great. While I usually live to share books, this one I will keep and have bought copies for friends.. Loved this book This is a wonderful book. And, it has some great recipes as a bonus. The courageous story of a young woman and it is beautifully written. Really upbeat.
She lost her sense of smell, the sight in her left eye, and was forced to the sidelines of the life she loved.Jessica's journey to recovery began in the kitchen as soon as she was able to stand at the stovetop and stir. There, she drew strength from the restorative power of cooking and baking. She nearly died. Then one day, she went for a run and an aneurysm burst in her brain. An exquisite memoir about how food connects us to ourselves, our lives, and each other. At 28, Jessica Fechtor was happily immersed in graduate school and her young marriage, and thinking about starting a family. Written with intelligence, humor, and warmth, Stir is a heartfelt examination of what it means to nourish and be nourished.Woven throughout the narrative are 27 recipes for dishes that comfort and delight. For readers of M.F.K.Fisher, Molly Wizenberg, and Tamar Adler, as well as Oliver Sacks, Jill Bolte Taylor, and Susannah Cahala
Rather, it’s a recipe for living a life of meaning and an homage to the people in her life who nourished her.”—Wall Street Journal “An inspiring journey, with recipes. And though it is filled with inviting concoctions…it isn’t merely a book about food and how to make it. Fechtor skillfully combines the sequence of events, memories of her earlier life, and her adventures in the kitchen.”—Jewish Week. With a novelist’s touch, Fechtor chronicles her recovery from a brain aneurysm that hit her as a Harvard graduate student at 28, sending her life on a far different path than she had imagined.”—Seattle Times “Charmingly peppered with personal recipes, STIR thoroughly inspired readers and immersed them in Fechtor’s life against all odds.”&m