Clique em uma foto para ir ao Google Livros
Carregando... Recipes & Wooden Spoonsde Judy Baer
Nenhum(a) Carregando...
Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Recipes and Wooden Spoons, the third Tales From Grace Chapel Inn book, was my introduction to the series. Grace Chapel Inn is a lovely restored Victorian owned by the three Howard sisters, whose childhood home it was. Their late father was the pastor for nearby Grace Chapel. The setting is the charming fictional village of Acorn Hill, Pennsylvania. Acorn Hill is the sort of place where the inhabitants lock their doors only in August and only to prevent finding gifts of zucchini, tomatoes, or apples left on their kitchen tables. The youngest sister, Jane, is the main focus of this entry. A star chef, Jane has returned from California divorced from her husband, an excellent chef in his own right. (Justin had become envious of his wife's greater talent. See chapter 5 for his reaction.) Jane's other talents are painting and jewelry making. Louise, the eldest sister, is a widow with grown daughter. She was a concert pianist, but now teaches piano. The middle sister, Alice, is the one who never married or left home. She's a nurse. Their mother, Madeleine, died an hour after Jane was born. Jane wishes both that she knew more about her mother and that her sisters would remember she's long since stopped being the baby they helped rear. My heart ached for Jane as she searches the cellar, remembering how her paternal Aunt Ethel had thrown out Madeleine's last home-canned fruits and vegetables when she discovered 10-year-old Jane liked to stare at them. (She thought Jane was being morbid.) Jane considered them another piece of her mother gone. Jane happens to find her mother's recipe book, full of Madeleine's notes. (We get to read some of those notes.) As Jane tries out the recipes, they prompt memories in her sisters, their bossy Aunt Ethel, and other locals who knew Madeleine. I loved the story of the 'Alice in Wonderland' party held when Alice and Louise were little -- especially Aunt Ethel's costume. I also loved the description of the wares in Fred's Hardware. I don't know if the tiny animal-shaped cookie cutters Jane buys in chapter five were really originally meant for making animal crackers. I had a set made of red-tinted metal when I was a little girl. (I burned my first batch of cookies.) This book is not without its conflicts, especially between Jane and Louise/Aunt Ethel, but for the most part it's gentle, filled with anecdotes about a loving family, the inhabitants of their village, and their relationship with their loving God. There are also stories about newcomers and their problems that need solving. The New International Version and the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, as well as Benjamin Franklin get quoted. Jane let her religion fade from her daily life while she was in San Francisco, California, but she's rediscovering it now. NOTES: Jane Eyre is mentioned in chapter four. The White Shoulders perfume Aunt Ethel is wearing in chapter 8 is real and still available. The Hymn, 'Faith of Our Fathers' is quoted in chapter 9. Wonder Woman is mentioned in chapter 9. Chapter one includes an old recipe for controlling bed bugs. There are food recipes throughout the book. There's no index to them, so I created one: Apple Cinnamon Slices (Pan Glazed), p. 41 Cake, Flourless Chocolate Espresso, with Chocolate Leaves, p. 246 Chocolate Leaves, p. 247 Frittata, Jane's, p. 127 Lemon Curd, pp. 204-205 Lemon Drops (cookies), p. 183 Lemon Frosting, pp. 183-184 Pancake, German, pp. 40-41 Pancakes, Swedish, pp. 228-229 Pancakes, Very Good pp. 125-126 Porcupines, pp. 149-150 Rice Pudding, pp. 18-19 Scones, Tea, p. 55 Truffles, Madeleine's, pp. 235-236 Waffles, Chocolate, p. 102 Cat lovers: The Howard sisters kept their father's cat, a giant tabby named Wendell. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
Pertence à série
Fiction.
Literature.
Recipes & Wooden Spoons is one of more than twenty-five books in the series Tales from Grace Chapel Inn. Once readers visit the charming village of Acorn Hill, they'll never want to leave. And they'll love spending time with the Howard sisters, who have begun a new life together in their childhood home, a gracious Victorian house that is now a bed and breakfast called Grace Chapel Inn. Here they rekindle old memories, rediscover the bonds of sisterhood, revel in the blessings of friendship, and meet many fascinating guests along the way. While cleaning out the cluttered basement in Grace Chapel Inn, Jane Howard finds an old cookbook brimming with her mother's recipes and handwritten notes. Jane has always been hungry for details about her mother Madeleine's life, as she died while giving birth to Jane. Through these precious, fragile pages, Jane comes to discover the spirit of the mother she never had the chance to know and love. However, the more she finds out about her mother, the more her sense of loss deepens. Her older sisters, Alice and Louise, had a rich history with their mother before she died. Jane never knew her. And she is treated more like a child by her sisters than an equal, even though she is now fifty years old! At sixty-two and sixty-five respectively, Alice and Louise find the habit of mothering Jane hard to break. Especially after she comes back home to Acorn Hill after the devastating betrayal from her husband Justin. Jane left a whole life behind in San Francisco as a famous chef, for what? To become the innkeeper and chef at a sleepy bed-and-breakfast. Was the switch worth it? Has Jane really found the inner peace and tranquility that she's been lacking since her divorce? Was the move back home really the best move for her? Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
Current DiscussionsNenhum(a)Capas populares
Google Books — Carregando... GênerosClassificação decimal de Dewey (CDD)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Classificação da Biblioteca do Congresso dos E.U.A. (LCC)AvaliaçãoMédia:
É você?Torne-se um autor do LibraryThing. |
But when the inn gets busy and money troubles threaten, Jane wonders if moving back to Acorn Hill was a big mistake. Her crisis of faith leads to new questions and solutions for the inn--and for Jane herself.