Lauren Shockey

I have recently started reading more and more different kind of memoirs and when I saw this one for review I decided to go for it. While it doesn't hold me rapt like my currently favorite, travel memoirs, it definitely added a different take to what I have been reading. I loved the author's attention to detail through out the story and even though the book ended the way it did you can feel the author's passion for food in every page.

I enjoyed the recipes from Ms. Shockey's travels, she includes quite a few beautiful looking recipes at the end of each chapter which will make this book for many a kitchen friend instead of a book to sit on the library shelf. I enjoyed meeting each new character with the author, she has a flare for people like she does for food.

Now, you are wondering why only three stars. The book is well written but just a good story. It didn't make me jump up and down and feel the emotions that the author felt as she traveled to a new place, made a new dish, or got hurt in her path to find love. I wanted these things but...they never showed.… (altro)