{"product_id":"life-from-scratch-9781426216534","title":"Life From Scratch","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWitty, warm, and poignant, food blogger Sasha Martin's memoir, about cooking her way to happiness and self-acceptance will resonate with fans of Julie and Julia and Tender at the Bone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Poignant, heartwarming and generously filled with delicious recipes.\" --\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Food had long provided the few happy moments in Martin’s life...These moments may not be enough to satiate the appetite of foodie readers who are looking for lush bite-by-bite writing, but there is plenty here to engross memoir lovers.\" \u003ci\u003e-Publisher's Weekly  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Martin peppers this memoir with recipes reflective of her life’s circumstances of the moment, from stuffed artichokes to apple pie. Her assured prose endows this narrative of an atypical upbringing with both immediacy and poignancy. \" \u003ci\u003e- Booklist  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Many readers will relate to the ways that \u003ci\u003eLife from Scratch\u003c\/i\u003e connects food and family.\" --Shelf Awareness\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Sasha Martin intended to publish what’s called a stunt memoir....Thankfully, her memoir, \u003ci\u003eLife From Scratch\u003c\/i\u003e is not that book. It has more in common with \u003ci\u003eThe Glass Castle\u003c\/i\u003e than it does with \u003ci\u003e300 Sandwiches: A Multilayered Love Story . . . with Recipes,\u003c\/i\u003e though it does include recipes.\" --\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"While a taste of food from around the world would have been delicious enough, the memoir that Martin ultimately wrote is far more satisfying.\" \u003ci\u003e--Tulsa Kids \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Sasha Martin’s beautiful memoir-cum-cookbook... makes for ideal summer escapism. Martin’s memoir will find resonance in anyone who’s found that the art of cooking can be as much an emotional experience as a sensory one.\" --Scribd.com","brand":"National Geographic Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49529717096791,"sku":"9781426216534","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781426216534.jpg?v=1731876673","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/life-from-scratch-9781426216534","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}