The School of Essential Ingredients - (School of Essential Ingredients Novel) by Erica Bauermeister (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Eight students gather in Lillian's Restaurant every Monday night for cooking class. It soon becomes clear, however, that each one seeks a recipe for something beyond the kitchen.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>From the author of Reese Witherspoon's Book Club pick <i>The Scent Keeper</i> comes a "heartbreakingly delicious" national bestseller about a chef, her students, and the evocative lessons that food teaches about life. </b> <p/> Once a month on a Monday night, eight students gather in Lillian's restaurant for a cooking class. Among them is Claire, a young woman coming to terms with her new identity as a mother; Tom, a lawyer whose life has been overturned by loss; Antonia, an Italian kitchen designer adapting to life in America; and Carl and Helen, a long-married couple whose union contains surprises the rest of the class would never suspect. <p/> The students have come to learn the art behind Lillian's soulful dishes, but it soon becomes clear that each seeks a recipe for something beyond the kitchen. And soon they are transformed by the aromas, flavors, and textures of what they create....<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><b>Praise for <i>The School of Essential Ingredients</i></b> <p/>"Delectable writing."--<i>Seattle Magazine</i> <p/>"Food Network fans will devour this first novel about a whimsical cooking school run by a gentle chef with a fierce passion for food."--<i>People</i> <p/> "Lyrical and descriptive."--<i>The Oregonian</i> <p/> "Bauermeister deftly combines romance, lyrical language and a dash of sentimentality."--<i>St. Petersburg Times</i> <p/> "[A] warm, satisfying exploration of food, cooking and memory...evocative."--<i>The Star-Ledger </i>(NJ) <p/> "The novel has that...life-is-meals feeling."--<i>Los Angeles Times</i> <p/>"In this remarkable debut, Bauermeister creates a captivating world where the pleasures and particulars of sophisticated food come to mean much more than simple epicurean indulgence."--<i>Publishers Weekly </i> <p/> "Exquisitely written...It's a luscious slice of life...and you will enjoy every bite."--*<i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Sarah Addison <p/> "The perfect recipe for escaping from life's stresses...luminous prose."--#1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Kate Jacobs<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Erica Bauermeister</b> is the author of the bestselling novel <i>The School of Essential Ingredients, Joy for Beginners, The Lost Art of Mixing</i>, and <i>The Scent Keeper. </i>She is also the co-author of the non-fiction works, <i>500 Great Books by Women: A Reader's Guide</i> and <i>Let's Hear It For the Girls: 375 Great Books for Readers 2-14. </i>She has a PhD in literature from the University of Washington, and has taught there and at Antioch University. She is a founding member of the Seattle7Writers and currently lives in Port Townsend, Washington.
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