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Life From Scratch: A Memoir of Food, Family, and Forgiveness
Sasha Martin
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Description for Life From Scratch: A Memoir of Food, Family, and Forgiveness
Paperback. Over the course of 195 weeks, food writer and blogger Sasha Martin set out to cook--and eat--a meal from every country in the world Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 367.
It was a culinary journey like no other: Over the course of 195 weeks, food writer and blogger Sasha Martin set out to cook - and eat - a meal from every country in the world. As cooking unlocked the memories of her rough-and-tumble childhood and the loss and heartbreak that came with it, Martin became more determined than ever to find peace and elevate her life through the prism of food and world cultures. From the tiny, makeshift kitchen of her eccentric, creative mother to a string of foster homes to the house from which she launches her own cooking adventure, Martin's heartfelt, brutally honest memoir reveals the power of cooking to bond, to empower, and to heal - and celebrates the simple truth that happiness is created from within.
Product Details
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781426216534
SKU
V9781426216534
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Sasha Martin
SASHA MARTIN is an award-winning writer, blogger, wife and mother who spent almost four years cooking her way around the world. Her work has been featured on NPR (Travel with Rick Steves), Whole Living, Bon Appetit, The Smithsonian, The Huffington Post, and CNNgo. Her recipes have been recognized by the likes of Amanda Hesser and FOOD 52, and her website, Global Table Adventure, is a go-to hub for foodies around the world.
Reviews for Life From Scratch: A Memoir of Food, Family, and Forgiveness
"Poignant, heartwarming and generously filled with delicious recipes."
Kirkus Reviews "Food had long provided the few happy moments in Martin’s life...These moments may not be enough to satiate the appetite of foodie readers who are looking for lush bite-by-bite writing, but there is plenty here to engross memoir lovers." -Publisher's Weekly "Martin peppers this memoir with recipes reflective of her life’s circumstances of the moment, from stuffed artichokes to apple pie. Her assured prose endows this narrative of an atypical upbringing with both immediacy and poignancy. " - Booklist "Many readers will relate to the ways that Life from Scratch connects food and family."
Shelf Awareness "Sasha Martin intended to publish what’s called a stunt memoir....Thankfully, her memoir, Life From Scratch is not that book. It has more in common with The Glass Castle than it does with 300 Sandwiches: A Multilayered Love Story . . . with Recipes, though it does include recipes."
Washington Post "While a taste of food from around the world would have been delicious enough, the memoir that Martin ultimately wrote is far more satisfying."
Tulsa Kids "Sasha Martin’s beautiful memoir-cum-cookbook... makes for ideal summer escapism. Martin’s memoir will find resonance in anyone who’s found that the art of cooking can be as much an emotional experience as a sensory one."
Scribd.com
Kirkus Reviews "Food had long provided the few happy moments in Martin’s life...These moments may not be enough to satiate the appetite of foodie readers who are looking for lush bite-by-bite writing, but there is plenty here to engross memoir lovers." -Publisher's Weekly "Martin peppers this memoir with recipes reflective of her life’s circumstances of the moment, from stuffed artichokes to apple pie. Her assured prose endows this narrative of an atypical upbringing with both immediacy and poignancy. " - Booklist "Many readers will relate to the ways that Life from Scratch connects food and family."
Shelf Awareness "Sasha Martin intended to publish what’s called a stunt memoir....Thankfully, her memoir, Life From Scratch is not that book. It has more in common with The Glass Castle than it does with 300 Sandwiches: A Multilayered Love Story . . . with Recipes, though it does include recipes."
Washington Post "While a taste of food from around the world would have been delicious enough, the memoir that Martin ultimately wrote is far more satisfying."
Tulsa Kids "Sasha Martin’s beautiful memoir-cum-cookbook... makes for ideal summer escapism. Martin’s memoir will find resonance in anyone who’s found that the art of cooking can be as much an emotional experience as a sensory one."
Scribd.com