\nOn the 4th Tuesday of each month\, we will explore the world through stories set in various parts of the world while also sampling the ethnic cuisine of our book's setting. Come enjoy a dive rsity of cultures and cuisines as we read our way around the world. \;
\nIn November we turn our focus to home\, family and food which fit s perfectly with Erica Bauermeister's book\, The School of Essential Ingre dients. The book was a Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for fiction. Mor e about the story:
\nReminiscent of&nbs p\;Chocolat \;and \;Like Water for Chocolate\, t his is a gorgeously written novel about life\, love\, and the magic of foo d.
\nThe School of Essential Ingredient s \;follows the lives of eight students who gather in Lillian&rsquo\;s Restaurant every Monday night for cooking class. It soon becomes clear\, however\, that each one seeks a recipe for something beyond the kitchen.\n
Students include Claire\, a young moth er struggling with the demands of her family\; Antonia\, an Italian kitche n designer learning to adapt to life in America\; and Tom\, a widower mour ning the loss of his wife to breast cancer. Chef Lillian\, a woman whose c onnection with food is both soulful and exacting\, helps them to create di shes whose flavor and techniques expand beyond the restaurant and into the secret corners of her students&rsquo\; lives.
\nOne by one the students are transformed by the aromas\, flavors\ , and textures of Lillian&rsquo\;s food\, including a white-on-white cake that prompts wistful reflections on the sweet fragility of love and a pepp ery heirloom tomato sauce that seems to spark one romance but end another. Brought together by the power of food and companionship\, the lives of th e characters mingle and intertwine\, united by the revealing nature of wha t can be created in the kitchen.
\nWe will meet at Olivina Cafè\; &\; Bistro\, 44 South Sandusky Street\, Delaware\, Ohio\, 43015 \;
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Copies will be available on display at the Orange branch library. I have reserved several copies\, so if you nee d a copy of the book please email jkelch@delawarelibrary.org.
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