A HOMEMADE LIFE

A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes From My Kitchen Table, by Molly Wizenberg: I swear I haven’t switched to an all blog-to-book diet; it’s just that two of my favorite blogs became books at about the same time. This one is from the author of Orangette, and while I’ve always liked the blog (and gotten some great recipes from it), I think it works even better in book format. It’s hard to write a food memoir (especially as a young person), that’s inspiring without sounding smug, but Wizenberg is a lovely, thoughtful writer, and her short autobiographical meditations viewed through the lens of beloved recipes reminded me strongly of a modern-day Laurie Colwin.