Dirty Sugar Cookies: Culinary Observations, Questionable Taste

Not what I wanted this to be. While it's a collection of essays on the theme of culinary awakening, it's more about the "awakening" than the "culinary."

I wanted food porn. What I got was a mash note.

The essays are a little scattershot, running from the few things she'd eat as a picky child to the bizarre things in her hippie pantry post-college to feeding her own picky child, but it's not quite chronological or topical in its organization. On the bright side, it's still light and funny--just not what I'd expected it to be.

I picked this book at random from the paperback section of the library (they group all the paperbacks together in no order whatsoever. It would be frustrating if I was looking for something specific, but it's awesome for browsing!) I like Ruth Reichl better, but I loved this book too. :)