Molly's book developed out of her blog, and the passion for cooking she learned from her father. She recounts delightful memories that will have you giggling and connect you with the recipes she shares--she'll become your friend, and her stories inspire an intimate connection.
"For one thing, [my mother's] quite petite; barely over five feet tall. "Five feet and three-quarter inches," actually, is what she would tell you. When someone hugs her, she almost disappears, swallowed up in arms and fabric. Like those impossibly tiny lamps and teacups you find in dollhouses, she inspires a lot of cooing, and though she's very assertive, people often want to pat her on the head. Luckily, she has a special trick for times like these, when a little height would come in handy: she can trot around in a pair of high heels as though the were bedroom slippers. Legend has it that she wore them straight through her pregnancy with me, with nary swollen ankle to be seen. She may be eligible for the senior discount at the movie theater, but she's very much a fox. She also, incidentally, makes a fine pound cake, and between you and me, that's the clincher."
A Homemade Life is the kind of book I carry around with me wherever I go. It is an I-don't-want-to-put-it-downer, chocked full of fun stories and moments tied together with food and family. Keep in mind I haven't finished it yet, but already I want to go to the market and pick up a bag of flour, and some eggs.
Molly's blog, where she still writes and posts recipes is orangette.blogspot.com.
