{"product_id":"the-school-of-essential-ingredients-isbn-9780425232095","title":"The School of Essential Ingredients","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of Reese Witherspoon's Book Club pick \u003ci\u003eThe Scent Keeper\u003c\/i\u003e comes a “heartbreakingly delicious” national bestseller about a chef, her students, and the evocative lessons that food teaches about life. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Once a month on a Monday night, eight students gather in Lillian's restaurant for a cooking class. Among them is Claire, a young woman coming to terms with her new identity as a mother; Tom, a lawyer whose life has been overturned by loss; Antonia, an Italian kitchen designer adapting to life in America; and Carl and Helen, a long-married couple whose union contains surprises the rest of the class would never suspect.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The students have come to learn the art behind Lillian's soulful dishes, but it soon becomes clear that each seeks a recipe for something beyond the kitchen. And soon they are transformed by the aromas, flavors, and textures of what they create....\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe School of Essential Ingredients\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Delectable writing.”—\u003ci\u003eSeattle Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e“Food Network fans will devour this first novel about a whimsical cooking school run by a gentle chef with a fierce passion for food.”—\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “Lyrical and descriptive.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Oregonian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Bauermeister deftly combines romance, lyrical language and a dash of sentimentality.”—\u003ci\u003eSt. Petersburg Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “[A] warm, satisfying exploration of food, cooking and memory…evocative.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Star-Ledger \u003c\/i\u003e(NJ)\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “The novel has that...life-is-meals feeling.”—\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In this remarkable debut, Bauermeister creates a captivating world where the pleasures and particulars of sophisticated food come to mean much more than simple epicurean indulgence.”—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Exquisitely written...It’s a luscious slice of life...and you will enjoy every bite.”—*\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Sarah Addison\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “The perfect recipe for escaping from life’s stresses...luminous prose.”—#1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Kate Jacobs\u003cb\u003eErica Bauermeister\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the bestselling novel \u003ci\u003eThe School of Essential Ingredients, Joy for Beginners, The Lost Art of Mixing\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Scent Keeper. \u003c\/i\u003eShe is also the co-author of the non-fiction works, \u003ci\u003e500 Great Books by Women: A Reader’s Guide\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLet’s Hear It For the Girls: 375 Great Books for Readers 2-14. \u003c\/i\u003eShe has a PhD in literature from the University of Washington, and has taught there and at Antioch University. She is a founding member of the Seattle7Writers and currently lives in Port Townsend, Washington.\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTitle Page\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCopyright Page\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDedication\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLillian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClaire\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarl\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAntonia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTom\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChloe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIsabelle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHelen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpecial Excerpt from \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Art of Mixing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpecial Excerpt from \u003ci\u003eThe Joy For Beginners\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eG. P. PUTNAM’S SONS \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Since 1838\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePublished by the Penguin Group \u003cbr\u003ePenguin Group (USA) Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, \u003cbr\u003eUSA • Penguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario \u003cbr\u003eM4P 2Y3, Canada (a division of Pearson Canada • Inc.) Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, \u003cbr\u003eLondon WC2R oRL, • England Penguin Ireland, 25 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, \u003cbr\u003eIreland (a division of Penguin Books • Ltd) Penguin Group (Australia), \u003cbr\u003e250 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Victoria 3124, Australia (a division of Pearson Australia \u003cbr\u003eGroup Pty • Ltd) Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd, 11 Community Centre, Panchsheel Park, \u003cbr\u003eNew Delhi–110 017, • India Penguin Group (NZ), 67 Apollo Drive, Rosedale, \u003cbr\u003eNorth Shore 0632, New Zealand (a division of Pearson New Zealand • Ltd) Penguin Books \u003cbr\u003e(South Africa) (Pty) Ltd, 24 Sturdee Avenue, Rosebank, Johannesburg 2196, South Africa\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePenguin Books Ltd, Registered Offices: \u003cbr\u003e80 Strand, London WC2R oRL, England\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCopyright © 2009 by Erica Bauermeister\u003cp\u003eAll rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, scanned, or distributed in \u003cbr\u003eany printed or electronic form without permission. Please do not participate in or \u003cbr\u003eencourage piracy of copyrighted materials in violation of the author’s rights. Purchase \u003cbr\u003eonly authorized editions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBauermeister, Erica. \u003cbr\u003eThe school of essential ingredients \/ Erica Bauermeister. \u003cbr\u003ep. cm.\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781101015698\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Women cooks—Fiction. 2. Cooking schools—Fiction. \u003cbr\u003e3. Friendship—Fiction. I. Title. \u003cbr\u003ePS3602.A9357S \u003cbr\u003e813’.6—dc22\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile the author has made every effort to provide accurate telephone numbers and Internet addresses at the time of publication, neither the publisher nor the author assumes any responsibility for errors, or for changes that occur after publication. Further, the publisher does not have any control over and does not assume any responsibility for author or third-party websites or their content.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFor Heidi, Karin, and Dad\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrologue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eL\u003c\/b\u003eillian loved best the moment before she turned on the Lights. She would stand in the restaurant kitchen doorway, rain-soaked air behind her, and let the smells come to her—ripe sourdough yeast, sweet-dirt coffee, and garlic, mellowing as it lingered. Under them, more elusive, stirred the faint essence of fresh meat, raw tomatoes, cantaloupe, water on lettuce. Lillian breathed in, feeling the smells move about and through her, even as she searched out those that might suggest a rotting orange at the bottom of a pile, or whether the new assistant chef was still double-dosing the curry dishes. She was. The girl was a daughter of a friend and good enough with knives, but some days, Lillian thought with a sigh, it was like trying to teach subtlety to a thunderstorm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut tonight was Monday. No assistant chefs, no customers  looking for solace or celebration. Tonight was Monday, cooking-class night.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter seven years of teaching, Lillian knew how her students would arrive on the first night of class—walking through the kitchen door alone or in ad hoc groups of two or three that had met up on the walkway to the mostly darkened restaurant, holding the low, nervous conversations of strangers who will soon touch one another’s food. Once inside, some would clump together, making those first motions toward connection, while others would roam the kitchen, fingers stroking brass pots or picking up a glowing red pepper, like small children drawn to the low-hanging ornaments on a Christmas tree.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLillian loved to watch her students at this moment—they were elements that would become more complex and intriguing as they mixed with one another, but at the beginning, placed in relief by their unfamiliar surroundings, their essence was clear. A young man reaching out to touch the shoulder of the still younger woman next to him—“What’s your name?”—as her hand dropped to the stainless-steel counter and traced its smooth surface. Another woman standing alone, her mind still lingering with—a child? a lover? Every once in a while there was a couple, in love or ruins.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berkley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300939550949,"sku":"NP9780425232095","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780425232095.jpg?v=1767741349","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-school-of-essential-ingredients-isbn-9780425232095","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}