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julia212's review against another edition
medium-paced
3.5
the thing with this book is that it actually doesn’t tell you much, but I just love Molly Wizenberg’s writing and could go on and on and on reading about her life and cooking adventures.
peaknit's review against another edition
4.0
I love the style and cadence of this writer. I deeply admire anyone that can write about food and make me hungry. This offered a glimpse into her life through the opening of her and her husband's restaurant. That is wasn't always as idyllic as this average Joe would want to imagine. I want to a. Go to Seattle and have a wood fired pizza, and b. Make some cherry coconut rice pudding...right now.
sksrenninger's review against another edition
3.0
I loved Molly Wizenberg's last book, A Homemade Life, but this one fell a little flat to me. The story felt much more forced, and the recipes didn't speak to me--nor did they seem to go with the chapters they followed. I still love her writing style, but I just didn't love Delancey as much as I'd hoped to.
vegprincess's review against another edition
3.0
Really a 3.5-star book. I enjoyed reading about most of what Molly and her husband went through in order to open up their Seattle-based pizza restaurant, Delancey. One part I wasn't really interested in was the building of the special oven; it was kind of slow to me so I ended up skipping most of it. I loved hearing about the food, though, and there are some delicious-sounding recipes included, one at the end of each chapter. I ended up feeling hungry while reading and now have a big craving for pizza.
rachelellyn's review against another edition
2.0
Pros - A couple good recipes... the story started out cute...
Cons - By the time I got to the half way point of the book it got very repetitive. It might have been a good blog, but NYT Best Seller? Not really.
Not impressed. I'll stick with Ruth Reichl from now on... that woman knows how to write!
Cons - By the time I got to the half way point of the book it got very repetitive. It might have been a good blog, but NYT Best Seller? Not really.
Not impressed. I'll stick with Ruth Reichl from now on... that woman knows how to write!
amlibera's review against another edition
4.0
I've had this on my Kindle for a while but hadn't gotten to it. Wizenberg writes so effortlessly- the entire book feels like talking to a good friend. She doesn't pretty up the tribulations of starting a restaurant but neither are there any manufactured crisis moments. Enjoyed.
modern_analog's review against another edition
4.0
I don't know if it's just my entrepreneurship background or my love of food and making it, but I really enjoyed this book. Molly takes us on the journey of being crazy and courageous enough to build something from nothing without knowing exactly how to do it. It's a roller coaster ride of quiet moments where the plan seems pregnant with possibility and the crazy hard physical labor involved in making that dream a successful business, and all the tears and friends and milestones in between. If you've ever been to a restaurant that somehow managed to feel like a dinner party every time you ate there and wondered how they do it, read this. Or especially if you've ever thought how quaint it would be to just own a little restaurant, this is required reading to check you back into reality about what goes into it all to make it seem effortless.
smallafterall's review against another edition
4.0
Big fan of Molly Wizenberg and all her projects:books, blog, podcast. I loved A Homemade Life. I think that book benefitted from something this book could not: distance and perspective on its events. I enjoy her straightforward, thoughtful tone, but felt like some of the emotion was lacking from this book because she's still in the thick of this phase of her life and still sorting out what it all means to her. This isn't the most writerly of books, and I am actually refreshed by that, but still felt like there was a bit of depth missing here that I enjoy in her other pursuits. This account of opening a restaurant confirmed that though I love food culture, the restaurant life is certainly not for me.