Reading and Eating

Molly Wizenberg is the creator of Orangette, a blog I discovered by accident when looking for a recipe for something, anyhow it’s not just the recipes that make her blog but the stories behind them. Her prose is so beguiling so readable so utterly engrossing you will find yourself wanting to buy her book.

Her book, A homemade life, is even better reading than her blog. OK so I haven’t read much of her blog only the few posts since I first discovered it, up until the time she decided she had to take a hiatus. She is, I assume, too busy giving readings and indulging in other authorship responsibilities. And, there is that restaurant that she and her husband Brandon are opening.

I got her book from the library and read it as quickly as I could find time for, in three days. It is at the top of my list of books to buy. I know I will want to refer to it over and over again. Not just for the scrumptious sounding recipes, non of which I have tried yet, hey I just finished reading the book an hour ago, but I know I will also want to reread her stories, probably on one of those down trodden days when I feel like the world hates me. I will make myself a cup of hot milk, flavoured with almond or vanilla, pick up Molly’s book and indulge my desire to be soothed.