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herbiehickmott's review against another edition
5.0
A wonderful read from start to finish. I am familiar with Molly through the terrific food podcast, Spilled Milk, and found myself knowing her more and more personally through this book. I read it incredibly quickly, finding it personal, approachable, and warm.
librariandest's review against another edition
2.0
This was not quite enough to hold my attention. I decided I'd rather check out Molly's blog, and hoo-boy that is *way* more interesting.
readerrobin's review against another edition
4.0
So if I am being honest, Delancey did not quite move me in the ways that Molly Wizenberg's first book, "A Homemade Life," knocked loose some very poignant memories of family and food. Of how in some families, those two words are forever entwined without a beginning or an end. Delancey is food writing at its best: part memoir and part cookbook, and it chronicles the research, development, opening, and quick success of Molly and Brandon's hip and classy pizzeria in Seattle. But it is really about Molly's journey deeper in to her marriage and her understanding of what "for worse" and "for poorer" can mean in practice. Molly learns what it means to let your spouse grow and change. As far as I know, Brandon and Molly have never separated and are still together, running Delancey as well as a bar next door and raising their first child. That said, her sweet conclusion brings to mind an old proverb that if you love something you should let it go, and if it comes back to you, it is yours forever. Brandon and Molly keep finding their way back to each other, loving and being loved, and I wish them every success and happiness.
egould1's review against another edition
4.0
I was glad to read about the opening of a restaurant instead of living through it! I enjoyed Wizenberg’s prose almost as much as her first book.
hmonkeyreads's review against another edition
2.0
I think I'm somewhere between a 2 and a 3 on this.
It was a nice book that I found totally readable and mildly interesting but it was not great and not a book I'd go out of my way to suggest to someone else. It felt almost like a very long magazine article. It made me want to go eat their pizza but I didn't feel like I learned very much about anything at all and just had the briefest glimpse at everything that went into building the restaurant but not enough to make me feel invested in any of the people or the outcomes.
Still, it's not a bad book. There is nothing about it that irritated me or made me want to stop reading. As the Goodreads 2 star rating actually says "it was OK" so I'm sticking with that. I got this from Amazon on one of their daily deals and it was certainly worth the $1.99 I paid for it but I'm not sure it would be worth full price.
The included recipes might be the best part of the whole thing.
It was a nice book that I found totally readable and mildly interesting but it was not great and not a book I'd go out of my way to suggest to someone else. It felt almost like a very long magazine article. It made me want to go eat their pizza but I didn't feel like I learned very much about anything at all and just had the briefest glimpse at everything that went into building the restaurant but not enough to make me feel invested in any of the people or the outcomes.
Still, it's not a bad book. There is nothing about it that irritated me or made me want to stop reading. As the Goodreads 2 star rating actually says "it was OK" so I'm sticking with that. I got this from Amazon on one of their daily deals and it was certainly worth the $1.99 I paid for it but I'm not sure it would be worth full price.
The included recipes might be the best part of the whole thing.
michellekmartin's review against another edition
4.0
I picked up Delancey in anticipation of Molly Wizenberg's new memoir coming out this summer. I read Molly's blog, Orangette, a little bit back in the day so it was so interesting to hear more about the story behind her and her (at the time) husband opening up Delancey.
I loved the juxtaposition of her telling the story of the restaurant and her marriage. I found that I connected with alot of what she shared about supporting a spouse's dream and accepting the changes that their dreams can bring to your relationship. I think that's something that most long term couples deal with.
I also really loved all the recipes she shared in between chapters. And the pizza descriptions! I wanted to be eating pizza so badly the entire time I was reading this memoir. I'm excited to check out more by Molly.
I loved the juxtaposition of her telling the story of the restaurant and her marriage. I found that I connected with alot of what she shared about supporting a spouse's dream and accepting the changes that their dreams can bring to your relationship. I think that's something that most long term couples deal with.
I also really loved all the recipes she shared in between chapters. And the pizza descriptions! I wanted to be eating pizza so badly the entire time I was reading this memoir. I'm excited to check out more by Molly.
poorashleu's review against another edition
4.0
Originally posted at yAdult Review
I’m not really sure how I found out about Molly, I believe it was one of those situations where I clicked a link to click a link to click a link. One day I should talk about the Wikipedia game and how I rocked that shit in undergrad. Back to Molly and her story. Molly is married to Brandon, a man who changes his mind and changes it often, but she is okay with that, because she knows him. Not only does she know him, she loves him and she supports him. This is why when he decides to open a restaurant she doesn’t blink and fully supports him. She knows that he’ll change his mind and things will change. They always do.
Things changed alright. Just not in the way she was expecting. Brandon was continuing to continue his dream and it seemed that the restaurant was really going to happen and Brandon and Molly have no idea how to run a restaurant. They know how to work in a restaurant, but not actually run it, or be the boss of people. They create Delancey from the ground. While they rent the structure of the building, and from there they remodel the whole thing. Between themselves and their friends they do it. They made Delancey into what it is today.
I’m not sure what I expected when I went into Delancey, but I do know that I devoured it. I read it as an eARC on my kindle app and I kept telling myself “one more chapter…” before bed and then next thing I know, I finished it. I was drawn into Wizenberg and her family story about how she knew things would change but they changed in a completely different way. She’s the one who changed. The restaurant changed. Brandon changed. They learned a lot about each other and the uncertainty of life. The book also featured recipes that are important in Wizenberg’s life. Not only food they’ve made, but food that was important to them while the restaurant was being built. It was an excellent, quick, memoir.
I’m not really sure how I found out about Molly, I believe it was one of those situations where I clicked a link to click a link to click a link. One day I should talk about the Wikipedia game and how I rocked that shit in undergrad. Back to Molly and her story. Molly is married to Brandon, a man who changes his mind and changes it often, but she is okay with that, because she knows him. Not only does she know him, she loves him and she supports him. This is why when he decides to open a restaurant she doesn’t blink and fully supports him. She knows that he’ll change his mind and things will change. They always do.
Things changed alright. Just not in the way she was expecting. Brandon was continuing to continue his dream and it seemed that the restaurant was really going to happen and Brandon and Molly have no idea how to run a restaurant. They know how to work in a restaurant, but not actually run it, or be the boss of people. They create Delancey from the ground. While they rent the structure of the building, and from there they remodel the whole thing. Between themselves and their friends they do it. They made Delancey into what it is today.
I’m not sure what I expected when I went into Delancey, but I do know that I devoured it. I read it as an eARC on my kindle app and I kept telling myself “one more chapter…” before bed and then next thing I know, I finished it. I was drawn into Wizenberg and her family story about how she knew things would change but they changed in a completely different way. She’s the one who changed. The restaurant changed. Brandon changed. They learned a lot about each other and the uncertainty of life. The book also featured recipes that are important in Wizenberg’s life. Not only food they’ve made, but food that was important to them while the restaurant was being built. It was an excellent, quick, memoir.
jenleah's review against another edition
3.0
3.5/5
I hadn't heard of this author/blogger or restaurant before. While reading, I looked her up and got immediately sucked into her blog, Orangette. I enjoyed this foodie book, it wasn't too pretentious, which is something I LOATHE about some foodie types. The story made me appreciate the difficulty and love that go into opening a restaurant. I would love to go to Seattle where one of my first stops would be Delancey and several other restaurants she mentions in the book.
A note about the audiobook. Aside from the fact that listening to recipes isn't as great as being able to read them and refer to them, the person who voiced this book was not right at all for the part. Oh how she annoyed me! Her voice didn't match the lighthearted feel of the book. I can't imagine that Molly sounds anything like this.
I hadn't heard of this author/blogger or restaurant before. While reading, I looked her up and got immediately sucked into her blog, Orangette. I enjoyed this foodie book, it wasn't too pretentious, which is something I LOATHE about some foodie types. The story made me appreciate the difficulty and love that go into opening a restaurant. I would love to go to Seattle where one of my first stops would be Delancey and several other restaurants she mentions in the book.
A note about the audiobook. Aside from the fact that listening to recipes isn't as great as being able to read them and refer to them, the person who voiced this book was not right at all for the part. Oh how she annoyed me! Her voice didn't match the lighthearted feel of the book. I can't imagine that Molly sounds anything like this.
whitmc's review against another edition
4.0
Delancy was an absolute delight. Littered with yummy recipes and stories about opening a well-known pizza spot for people that had never owned a restaurant, and how it became a fixture in a marriage, well, for January in a pandemic, it was exactly the mental vacation I needed. Especially because the restaurant is just a ferry ride away from me, so I got to pretend for a bit that I was exploring Seattle while reading it while I wait for my turn to be back in the world again.
I have so far made 2 of the recipes in the book, both quite awesome.
I have so far made 2 of the recipes in the book, both quite awesome.