Leslie Karst
Autore di Dying for a Taste
Sull'Autore
Fonte dell'immagine: photo by Doug Peterson
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Opere di Leslie Karst
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Informazioni generali
- Sesso
- female
- Luogo di residenza
- Columbus, Ohio, USA
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Santa Monica, California, USA
Santa Cruz, California, USA
Hilo, Hawaii, USA - Istruzione
- University of California, Santa Cruz
Stanford University
Cabrillo College - Breve biografia
- [from author's website]
The daughter of a law professor and a potter, Leslie Karst learned early, during family dinner conversations, the value of both careful analysis and the arts—ideal ingredients for a mystery story. She spent her early years in various locales (Columbus, Ohio; South America and Mexico; Oxford, England; and Santa Monica, California), then moved from Southern California to Santa Cruz to study English literature and Romance languages at UCSC (home of the Fighting Banana Slugs).
Leslie was able to parlay her humanities degree into employment waiting tables and singing in a new wave rock and roll band. Exciting though this life was, however, she eventually decided she was ready for a “real” job, and ended up at Stanford Law School.
Having survived the horror that is the California bar exam, Leslie then worked for twenty years as the research and appellate attorney for a civil law firm in Santa Cruz County. During this period, she rediscovered a passion for food and cooking, and so once more returned to school—this time to earn a degree in culinary arts from Cabrillo College.
Now retired from the law, she spends her time cooking, singing alto in her local community chorus, gardening, cycling, and of course writing. Leslie and her wife and their Jack Russell mix split their time between Santa Cruz and Hilo, Hawai‘i.
Utenti
Recensioni
Justice Is Served: A Tale of Scallops, the Law, and… di Leslie Karst
You have to be very interested in putting together a dinner party to enjoy this book...and I am. It's also about Ruth Bader Ginsburg, how we react to celebrity, and author Leslie Karst's career journey.
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Dying for a Taste is a terrific start to a new culinary series, and makes you want to keep on reading – or listening. Sally Solari grew up working in her family’s old-style Italian eatery in Santa Cruz, California but left home to become an attorney. After her mom dies from cancer, Sally comes home to help her dad in the restaurant. However, even if she might have been getting a little burnt out as an attorney, working the front of the house for her demanding dad isn’t fulfilling her dreams either. Problem is, she’s not sure just what those dreams are and will feel guilty leaving her father.
The story introduces a lot of interesting, well-developed characters and circumstances that put Sally in danger and make her consider her life choices sooner than she may have left at her own pace. I enjoyed the mystery with secret after secret being revealed, Sally’s still-close relationship with ex-fiancé Eric, her Nona and life in an Italian family, and a glimpse into the restaurant business complete with present-day issues regarding sustainable farming. The fact that the scene is Santa Cruz is a bonus – close to home for me and the vivid descriptions took me right there.
I thoroughly enjoyed Dying for a Taste and recommend it without hesitation. I listened to an audiobook and the narration was as wonderful as the content. I voluntarily leave this review; all opinions are my own.… (altro)
The story introduces a lot of interesting, well-developed characters and circumstances that put Sally in danger and make her consider her life choices sooner than she may have left at her own pace. I enjoyed the mystery with secret after secret being revealed, Sally’s still-close relationship with ex-fiancé Eric, her Nona and life in an Italian family, and a glimpse into the restaurant business complete with present-day issues regarding sustainable farming. The fact that the scene is Santa Cruz is a bonus – close to home for me and the vivid descriptions took me right there.
I thoroughly enjoyed Dying for a Taste and recommend it without hesitation. I listened to an audiobook and the narration was as wonderful as the content. I voluntarily leave this review; all opinions are my own.… (altro)
A lively memoir about finding one’s bliss while preparing a dinner for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, this is a foodie’s delight. Interspersed with the chronological retelling you will learn about RBG’s life and career.
On the surface, Leslie Karst was a success: twenty years at a law firm, her relationship with wife Robin was strong, she was close to her parents, a potter and law professor. Bur Karst never felt a deep love for the law, finding her work a relentless toil. She found satisfaction as part of a band and a choral group preparing to perform the Bach Mass in B Minor, and studying the culinary arts. She toys with the idea of writing a novel.
Before her father’s retirement, he once again asked RBG to speak at the law school and invited her to the family home for dinner. This time, she accepted. And Karst was to prepare the meal.
The book traces the nine months leading to the dinner as she chooses the dishes and tests the preparation. She considers every detail, from the plates and silver to the floral garnishes on the plate–including some purloined nasturtium! Along the way, we learn about Karst’s life and RBG’s legacy, especially in equal rights.
RBG is enigmatic although her husband Marty’s humor and liveliness comes across. There is a fun scene where Leslie and Robin meet Diane Keaton, clearly star-struck.
The memoir is about finding what is important and risking the life changes to embrace what you love. Karst has written a series of culinary mysteries.
Oh, and the recipes for the dinner she served are included.
I received an ARC through Spark Points Studio.… (altro)
On the surface, Leslie Karst was a success: twenty years at a law firm, her relationship with wife Robin was strong, she was close to her parents, a potter and law professor. Bur Karst never felt a deep love for the law, finding her work a relentless toil. She found satisfaction as part of a band and a choral group preparing to perform the Bach Mass in B Minor, and studying the culinary arts. She toys with the idea of writing a novel.
Before her father’s retirement, he once again asked RBG to speak at the law school and invited her to the family home for dinner. This time, she accepted. And Karst was to prepare the meal.
The book traces the nine months leading to the dinner as she chooses the dishes and tests the preparation. She considers every detail, from the plates and silver to the floral garnishes on the plate–including some purloined nasturtium! Along the way, we learn about Karst’s life and RBG’s legacy, especially in equal rights.
RBG is enigmatic although her husband Marty’s humor and liveliness comes across. There is a fun scene where Leslie and Robin meet Diane Keaton, clearly star-struck.
The memoir is about finding what is important and risking the life changes to embrace what you love. Karst has written a series of culinary mysteries.
Oh, and the recipes for the dinner she served are included.
I received an ARC through Spark Points Studio.… (altro)
I loved the different topics touched on in this book...Mozart's Requiem, the Shakespeare authorship question, how a restaurant develops a new menu, bicycling... The main character has a full life and lots of different interests.
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 10
- Utenti
- 159
- Popolarità
- #132,375
- Voto
- 3.6
- Recensioni
- 13
- ISBN
- 25
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- 1