When Lars wife,
Cindy, runs away with a sommelier, he is left with a baby girl, Eve.
She rapidly becomes the center of his existence. Being a chef, he
makes sure that Eve is given only the finest food. His gift is
sensing the flavors of food, which makes him a great chef and gives
Eve an unusual genetic heritage. When Lars dies, Eve becomes the ward
of his brother and his wife. From there her journey into the food
culture begins.
The book is divided
into a series of chapters. Each chapter centers around a dish, but
don't expect recipes. The food is there as an adjunct to the
character of the central person in each chapter. Although the thread
of the book runs through Eve's journey from adolescent to adult, she
is not the focus of each chapter. The other quirky members of her
large family take the role of protagonist.
Although the blurb
for the book suggests that it is humerus, I didn't find it at all
amusing. It's poignant at some points, but not funny. I did
enjoy the character development. This isn't really a coming of age
story since Eve is not always the major character, but her
development as seen by herself and others is
well done.
The book is darker
than I expected from the title and some of the characters use quite
colorful language. Although the book is not what I expected from
reading the blurb, it's a unique way of looking at a character
growing up in an unusual family.
I reviewed this book
for Net Galley.
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