{"product_id":"the-recipe-club-a-tale-of-food-and-friendship-isbn-9780061992193","title":"The Recipe Club: A Tale of Food and Friendship","description":"\u003cp style=\"LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'\"\u003e“A look at the difficulties of sustaining childhood bonds, it’s also a satisfying meditation on how nourishment for the body can replenish the soul.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003ePeople\u003c?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e \u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt\"\u003eA novel that combines the moving story of a friendship told in letters with more than 80 delicious recipes, \u003cem\u003eThe Recipe Club \u003c\/em\u003eby Andrea Israel (\u003cem\u003eTaking Tea\u003c\/em\u003e) and Nancy Garfinkel (\u003cem\u003eThe Wine Lover’s Guide to Wine Country\u003c\/em\u003e) is a wonderful literary banquet. A celebration of female bonding and excellent cooking—with scrumptious dishes developed by \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e food columnist Melissa Clark—\u003cem\u003eThe Recipe Club \u003c\/em\u003ewill satisfy readers who previously devoured \u003cem\u003eThe Friday Night Knitting Club\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eLoyalty, loss, and the ties that bind. These are the ingredients of \u003cem\u003eThe Recipe Club\u003c\/em\u003e, a \"novel cookbook\" that combines an authentic story of friendship with more than 80 delicious recipes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLilly and Val are lifelong friends, united as much by their differences as by their similarities. Lilly, dramatic and confident, lives in the shadow of her beautiful, wayward mother and craves the attention of her distant, disapproving father. Val, shy and idealistic—and surprisingly ambitious— struggles with her desire to break free from her demanding housebound mother and a father whose dreams never seem to come true. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn childhood, \"LillyPad\" and \"ValPal\" form an exclusive two-person club, writing intimate letters in which they share hopes, fears, deepest secrets—and recipes, from Lilly's \"Lovelorn Lasagna\" to Valerie's \"Forgiveness Tapenade.\" Readers can cook along as the friends travel through time facing the challenges of independence, the joys and heartbreaks of first love, and the emotional complexities of family relationships, identity, mortality, and goals deferred. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Recipe Club sustains Lilly and Val's bond through the decades, regardless of what different paths they take or what misunderstandings threaten to break them apart . . . until the fateful day when an act of kindness becomes an unforgivable betrayal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, years later, while trying to recapture the trust they've lost, Lilly and Val reunite once more—only to uncover a shocking secret. Will it destroy their friendship, or bring them ever closer?\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Food and love without the schmaltz and warm fuzzies is what kept me turning the pages of this book. Yes, there are recipes, nostalgic and good ones, but the fascination is in how they mark the years of a childhood friendship struggling to become a life long one. If you’re lucky enough to have that one true best friend, you’ll find all the love, prickliness, laughter, blood curdling honesty, and joy here.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLynne Rosetto Kasper, host of The Splendid Table, National Public Radio\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I’ve been to many combat zones, so I know a real fight when I see one—and the characters in this book pull no punches. But what surprised me is how their confluct is just as engaging as their crazy humor and deep affection for each other. This book perfectly combines my two favorite things in the world: fiction and food. It’s a great read.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBob Woodruff, ABC News anchor and journalist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I found elements of every one of my own friendships in the 40-year relationship between Lilly and Val, the heroines of this delicious and delightful novel. I also discovered heaps of recipes that I can’t wait to try out. Andrea Israel and Nancy Garfinkel bring to life the joys as well as the disappointments inherent in attachments between women, and the power of food to sustain intimacy when those bonds are strained. \u003cem\u003eThe Recipe Club\u003c\/em\u003e had me nodding in recognition as I hungrily devoured this satisfying and surprising story.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGiulia Melucci, author of I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThe Recipe Club\u003c\/em\u003e is an extraordinary culinary fiction creation—a main dish consisting of a tender and poignant tale of love and friendship, served up with tasty sides of wonderful recipes. This is more than comfort food. It’s haute literary cuisine.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIsaiah Sheffer, host of Selected Shorts, National Public Radio\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Andrea Israel and Nancy Garfinkel have written an absorbing novel that reflects the wisdom of MFK Fisher, namely that there is no separating food and dining from family and friends. . . . A satisfying meal for both body and soul.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSara Moulton, host of Sara’s Weeknight Meals and executive chef, Gourmet magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Told through letters and recipes, this novel traces the pair’s loving, competitive friendship from 1963, when the girls first meet, to the present. 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