This author dives passionately into family stories, particularly those revolving around food and familial celebrations within the kitchen across cultures. Her writing is deeply rooted in authentic human experiences, drawing from interviews and exploring how families celebrate life through cooking. This approach leads to works that seamlessly weave historical elements with mystery, all narrated through the lens of women, food, family, and the impact of war. Her craft is marked by a heartfelt immersion into shared human traditions and the connections forged through cuisine.
An intimate peek inside the homes and lives of the French, a collection of traditional French recipes (cuisine pauvre--"peasant foods"), and a compendium of culinary cultural traditions, sprinkled with historical anecdotes and spiced with humor and deliciously candid memories, this culinary travel memoir--the second of the Savoring the Olde Ways series--reveals French families at their best and at their own dinner tables.