A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table

A great combo of story telling and recipes!

A book that begins with a father, surveying the dinner table, remarking, "You know, we eat better at home than most people do in restaurants" --- how can you not be instantly hooked? Especially when you learn he's not praising a wife who's studied at Cordon Bleu and whips out four-star masterpieces night after night. As his daughter tells us: "There were hot dogs sometimes, and cans of baked beans. Our garlic came in a jar,... Read Full Review

I expected this book to be about food, since the aurhor's blog, Orangette, is my favorite among several I read, and a number of the recipes I have tried, from granola to boiled kale (neither are included in this book, but are available on the Orangette site), now make regular appearances on our table. As delicious as the recipes are, however, this is not primarily a cookbook. The recipes are a bonus feature in as lovely a... Read Full Review

I had to save a little for leftovers. Have you ever had a dinner so good you had to save a little bit at the end of the meal just so you could have a little left to savor the next day? Well, this was Molly's book. I stayed up until 1 a.m. reading this book and when I was finally to the last chapter I just couldn't take that it was going to be over. This morning I got up and made coffee and the Scones from the recipe in A Homemade... Read Full Review

I have only made it up through the coconut macaroons, and I have already cried. Twice. I preordered this book, being a longtime Orangette reader with unshaken trust in Molly's palate. The combination of ingredients in her Buchons Au Thons alone changed the way I consider food, flavor, and a can of tuna. More than that, Molly writes about food the way I feel about food -- simple meals are intertwined with memories and people... Read Full Review