A Literary Menu: Food Memoirs as Entrée, Plat & Dessert

In this episode, we’re setting the table for a literary feast—one that follows the rhythm of a classic French meal: entrée, plat, and dessert. Each course is represented by a food memoir, offering stories that nourish the soul as much as they celebrate the pleasures of cooking and eating.We begin with Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant, a tender and often humorous collection of essays about the rituals and revelations of cooking for one. Then we move to The Gastronomy of Marriage, where Michelle Maisto explores how food and love intertwine in the early years of marriage. And finally, for dessert, we savor The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry, Kathleen Flinn’s heartfelt chronicle of her time at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris.Alongside each book, you’ll find a suggested recipe—simple, soulful dishes to complement the reading and invite you to live the stories off the page.This episode is an invitation to slow down, stir something on the stove, and let food and literature nourish you in tandem.A video version of this episode, where you can see the recipes being cooked, is right here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp9ZlsL7irw