240 pages
English language
Published Dec. 30, 2009 by G. P. Putnam's Sons.
Eight students gather in Lillian's Restaurant every Monday night for cooking class. It soon becomes clear, however, that each one seeks a recipe for something beyond the kitchen as Chef Lillian, a woman whose connection with food is both soulful and exacting, helps them to create dishes whose flavor and techniques expand beyond the restaurant and into the secret corners of her students' lives.
Very quick and easy to read. I'd say it would be pretty much a requirement for someone to be very into food in order to enjoy this. I think much of it had to do with my mood. I was in the right place and time to enjoy it. Quite sappy and not terrible deep but satisfying nevertheless.
