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I didn't love this as much as I wanted to. I love food memoirs - I love food - and I love Table Manners with Jessie Ware. To be honest, Jessie comes across as warm and lovely and someone who is an absolute joy to be around. I enjoyed her stories and this felt fun and frivolous. It made me long to go on holiday. However, this collection just didn't feel cohesive enough. The stories ended abruptly or I didn't really see the link the theme that supposedly they all fell under. I enjoyed it, but I wouldn't read again.
Read in a single sitting. I’ve been following Jessie for nearly a decade so reading this was a no-brainer. Lovely collection of anecdotes.
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An entertaining foodoir that is a celebration of friendship, family and Jewish culture, as it is about food. Lots of food and memory associations, growing up in South London in the 90's, lots of personal stories, more about food than music. Very much coming from the Table manners podcast side of Jessie Ware's career, rather than her music side. With important reflection about the pressure on new mums especially around breast feeding . A fun afternoon read.
With thanks to the publisher and netgalley for an Arc in exchange for an honest review.
With thanks to the publisher and netgalley for an Arc in exchange for an honest review.
I picked up Omelette as I was intrigued by the fact it was a memoir through food. I am a big fan of nonfiction and I kind of missed it as I hadn’t read a nonfiction book in a while. As well as that, I am a big foodie and I love cooking, baking, and making up recipes. I also really enjoy the experience of sitting down and enjoying a leisurely restaurant meal. I felt that the combination of the two was just perfect as, for some of us (me included), the memories of our lives are intertwined with the company as well as the food that was involved. You can say I went into this book with great expectations and zero knowledge of the author. I wasn’t worried as I find that I enjoy memoirs and nonfiction regardless of my amount of knowledge of the author’s personal story.
I read this book very quickly and mostly on the plane. It was an interesting and funny book, that made me smile at some points and stop and reflect on others. It was never dramatic or exaggerated, which I really liked, and it was written beautifully with the right balance between detail and narration. Reading Omelette was truly a breeze. The sections effectively flowed into one another, much more than in other foodoirs I have read that were also divided into sections based on specific foods or dishes. Although it was much more evocative and nostalgic to read sections about foods I had tasted, such as bolognese, omelettes, bread, etc., it was also really intriguing to read about foods I hadn’t ever considered trying. The only detail of this book that I can fault is that the sections go from specific to general (i.e., from dishes to foods). My academic mind would have maybe preferred the opposite. Despite this, I still really liked Omelette and felt really heard as a cheesy foodie (pun totally intended!).
Because of the combination of open and vulnerable sections with some more hilarious and witty ones it reminded me of the memoir by Dolly Alderton, Everything I Know About Love – which is actually one of the first memoirs I have reviewed on this blog. If you have a chance to read that other review, you will find out I was absolutely obsessed with that book. I found that the mix of personal anecdotes with recipes and lists made it very sincere and relatable. I can say that Omelette also gave me that same feeling, as the author in it was open and trusting. Overall, it felt like sitting at the kitchen table with Jessie and looking through her recipe book while she explained how each recipe has shaped her life story.
Overall, Omelette is a great book if you are a foodie who thrives on nostalgia. I really liked it despite not knowing anything about Jessie Ware’s music and/or her podcast Table Manners, which I assume are lovely nevertheless. You absolutely do not need to have any knowledge of Jessie Ware or of her endeavours. It is a light read, so don’t worry about your mood or state of mind going into this. If you are a food person you will especially enjoy the scrumptious descriptions of food in it! Be careful or you will want to eat everything in your house after reading lol.
I read this book very quickly and mostly on the plane. It was an interesting and funny book, that made me smile at some points and stop and reflect on others. It was never dramatic or exaggerated, which I really liked, and it was written beautifully with the right balance between detail and narration. Reading Omelette was truly a breeze. The sections effectively flowed into one another, much more than in other foodoirs I have read that were also divided into sections based on specific foods or dishes. Although it was much more evocative and nostalgic to read sections about foods I had tasted, such as bolognese, omelettes, bread, etc., it was also really intriguing to read about foods I hadn’t ever considered trying. The only detail of this book that I can fault is that the sections go from specific to general (i.e., from dishes to foods). My academic mind would have maybe preferred the opposite. Despite this, I still really liked Omelette and felt really heard as a cheesy foodie (pun totally intended!).
Because of the combination of open and vulnerable sections with some more hilarious and witty ones it reminded me of the memoir by Dolly Alderton, Everything I Know About Love – which is actually one of the first memoirs I have reviewed on this blog. If you have a chance to read that other review, you will find out I was absolutely obsessed with that book. I found that the mix of personal anecdotes with recipes and lists made it very sincere and relatable. I can say that Omelette also gave me that same feeling, as the author in it was open and trusting. Overall, it felt like sitting at the kitchen table with Jessie and looking through her recipe book while she explained how each recipe has shaped her life story.
Overall, Omelette is a great book if you are a foodie who thrives on nostalgia. I really liked it despite not knowing anything about Jessie Ware’s music and/or her podcast Table Manners, which I assume are lovely nevertheless. You absolutely do not need to have any knowledge of Jessie Ware or of her endeavours. It is a light read, so don’t worry about your mood or state of mind going into this. If you are a food person you will especially enjoy the scrumptious descriptions of food in it! Be careful or you will want to eat everything in your house after reading lol.