Happy New Year Cannonballers! So my “official” goal is a full cannonball, since we can’t elect for a higher one through the website, but I’m shooting for 1 1/2 this year so time to get moving. I really want to add more “adult fiction” to my repertoire this year, since last year was mostly YA and memoirs, but unfortunately I started with a pretty ho-hum entry in the field. The Hundred-Foot Journey chews through about 40 years in less than 300 pages and therefore leaves […]
A Portrait of the Artist as a Chef
Food is one of my favorite things in the world (but you all knew that). I love to cook it, to eat it, to read about it. So I was delighted that my book club decided on The Hundred-Foot Journey for our October selection. This also means that when we do meet, we’ll be eating a selection of Indian/French foods. YUM. The story itself is also tantalizing and delicious. Young Hassan Haji grows up in India where his parents run a successful restaurant, until tragedy […]