A review by thenstinasays
Angelina's Bachelors: A Novel with Food by Brian O'Reilly

3.0

This book was a fast read (it took me about a day to finish) because a large percentage of the pages are filled with recipes. The book feels a lot like the movie “Tortilla Soup” did… a love letter to food and the power that it has to unite people and to bring them through hard times.

The story was fairly easy on the brainpan. Happily married woman loves her husband and loves to cook. Husband dies of a sudden heart attack. Newly widowed woman rebuilds her life and sense of purpose by cooking amazing meals for neighborhood bachelors. This “Bachelors Club” becomes her new family.

Each chapter ends with the recipes for the food that Angelina cooks for the Bachelors, including preparation and presentation instructions. Drooooooooool…. I wish I’d bought the book in ink-and-paper instead of kindle so that I could use the novel like a cookbook. The kindle version does come with an index of recipes, which is nice, but the ink-and-paper version would probably be easier to cook from.

A nice, light read that made me hungry… mmm… food….