A review by sophiemaher
In the Kitchen: Essays on Food and Life by

emotional funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.0

i read another book from this series, about the hampstead ladies pond I LOVED IT!!!!! so i was of course very excited to read this one!!

this collection of stories and essays is strong evidence for including making & eating food a love language - there’s so much love in it 😊 reading this has encouraged me to look deeper into the role of food in shaping my life!

although some were stronger than others, i did love the variety of perspectives it provided — from personal stories to wider cultural histories.

my personal favourite was “cupboard love” in which the author writes:

“i would make her a cup of tea without asking her whether she’d like one or how she takes it, which is in and of itself a profound intimacy of a kind that is almost taken entirely for granted. to know how someone else takes their tea… is a small and delightful privilege because it’s a fact of too little consequence to be ferreted except with small repeated acts of care” YEAH!!!!!!

i WILL be reading in the garden next, and i WON’T shut up about this series!