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This is the easy reading memoir of food-writer and blogger Sasha Martin who had a tough early childhood with an eccentric single mom whose unconventional parenting methods catapulted both her and an older brother into the foster care system. Eventually they are cared for by a wealthy family who will travel abroad, but years later when tragedy strikes Sasha longs to return to her roots. With an unforeseen inheritance (no spoilers here ) she studies at the Culinary Institute of America and her lov
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This is one more memoir of a difficult growing up followed by a successful struggle to find happiness and personal fulfillment. Sasha’s triumph comes in the form of a popular food blog featuring international recipes which culminates in a public banquet with a dish from every country of the globe. I think I have read too many of these types of memoirs because this did not impress me, neither in the life story nor in the writing.
Mar 07, 2016
Danielle
marked it as to-read
