Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“…and then I leave the door open, so I’ll be ready when the luck happens.”

Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten

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  Up next in the parade of memoirs, mostly of women, we come to Ina Garten’s Be Ready When the Luck Happens.  Off the top, I’m going to say that I knew very little about Garten, pre-reading: I knew she was called the Barefoot Contessa, and that she had a cooking show that occasionally made it into my viewing queue, and that she is a quality meme format (‘store bought is fine’), but that was about all. As it happens? I was missing out. Because Garten […]

Overthinking a Celebrity Chef Memoir

Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten

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I have always watched a lot of TV and movies but due to various circumstances, there have been many times in my lives where I didn’t have cable. First I was overseas and relied on DVDs to binge all the popular series, then Netflix became popular and networks like ABC and The CW all had their own apps so I could watch the last 5 episodes of the shows I was currently into. In other words, I have never really watched channels like The Food […]

Pandemics Call for Comfort Food, Obviously

Modern Comfort Food: a Barefoot Contessa Cookbook by Ina Garten

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One of the things I think about when I’m rating and reviewing cookbooks is: are they a good read? I am of course going to worry about the quality of the recipes, but if the writing is not good there is really no reason to pick up the book – these days the internet will generally be able to provide you with a variety of options for whatever it is you’re on the hunt for, but a well written cookbook will help you understand the […]



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