One of the great pleasures of being a bookseller is to discover and promote a new writer.
In this debut novel, Seattle author Erica Bauermeister tells a fictional tale of a chef who shares her culinary techniques with a cooking class held on Monday evenings at her restaurant.
Through the sensual and magical power of food, she and her students undergo self-discoveries and transformations. Each chapters shares the story of one of the eight students, who range in age between a young woman trying to find her way in life, and an older woman starting to lose her way to Alzheimer.
For fans of Like Water for Chocolate, this is the perfect follow up-but set in the Pacific Northwest!
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Such a small amount of ground spice in the little bag Abuelita had given her….She undid the tie around the top of the bag and swirls of warm gold and licorice dance up to her nose, bringing with them miles of faraway deserts and a dark, starless sky, a longing she could feel in the back of her eyes, her fingertips.
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Tags: Cooking School, Fiction, Pacific Northwest