This book was the November/December pick for the book club that I attend. The name put me off straight away. I don't like to cook. At all. But, I expect that the other girls in the book club read what's on our list, regardless of their preferences, so I picked it up (12 hours before the meeting) and gave it a go.
The School of Essential Ingredients is about how Lillian, who has had a passion for cooking since a young age, decides to start a cooking school on Monday nights when her restaurant is closed. The book is split up into a portion for each member of the cooking school and explores how they came to find the school.
This book took me about 2 hours to read. It's quite small and, despite my prior reservations about the book, it's pretty damn good. After each characters' story I found myself disappointed that I had to move on to the next one and wishing I could read another 100 pages about each of them. It describes food in a way I had never read before and I even caught myself slowing down while I was eating to think about the flavours - me, who puts tomato sauce on everything. The book made me feel warm and fuzzy and I'm so glad that it was picked for our reading list.
Can't wait to see what books are picked for next year.
Sam I Am
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