Stir: My Broken Brain and the Meals That Brought Me Home
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| Rating | : | 4.87 (832 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1101983639 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-07 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
She lost her sense of smell, the sight in her left eye, and was forced to the sidelines of the life she loved.Jessica’s journey to recovery began in the kitchen as soon as she was able to stand at the stovetop and stir. She nearly died. Then one day, she went for a run and an aneurysm burst in her brain. A national bestseller and winner of a 2015 Living Now Book Award, Stir is an exquisite memoir about how food connects us to ourselves, our lives, and each other. At 28, Jessica Fechtor was happily immersed in graduate school and her young marriage, and thinking about starting a family. There, she drew strength from the restorative power of cooking and baking. Written with intelligence, humor, and warmth, Stir is a heartfelt examination of what it means to nourish and be nourished. Woven throughout the narrative are 27 recipes for dishes that comfort and delight. For readers of M.F.K.Fisher, Molly Wizenberg, and Tamar Adler, as well as Oliver Sacks, Jill Bolte Taylor, and Susannah Cahalan, Stir is sure to inspire, and send you straight to the ki
She doesn’t believe in secret recipes.From the Hardcover edition.. A national bestseller and winner of the 2015 Living Now Book Award, Stir has been praised by Oprah as "a page-turning pleasure," and by The Wall Street Journal as "a recipe for living a life of meaning.” Fechtor lives in San Francisco
Leanne Holloway said An amazing tale from the heart of a gifted storyteller.. Stir: My Broken Brain and the Meals that Brought Me Home is thought-filled work combining autobiography and cookbook. Ms. Fechtor shared glimpses into her journey of recovery from unimagineable brain insult. She gives vivid descriptions of her connections with various foods, her strongly-rooted faith, and large support network that sustained her in her return to health and sense of completion. Moving details and wonderful food descriptio. A wonderful read!!! Ilene Sybil Appell This is a beautifully written book; an inspiring story. And the recipes are great. While I usually live to share books, this one I will keep and have bought copies for friends.. Loved this book This is a wonderful book. And, it has some great recipes as a bonus. The courageous story of a young woman and it is beautifully written. Really upbeat.
A feel good memoir.”—Shelf Awareness“Beautiful”—Pyschcentral “With warmth, humor and clarity, she explains in Stir how cooking helped her to reclaim her life.”—Columbus Dispatch “Reading the book, I was compelled to reach for a pen every few pages, to underline things I didn’t want to forget — things I had to remember.“—The Forward “Fechtor writes beautifully and is a warm, gracious guide through her own landscape of illness. And though it is filled with inviting concoctions…it isn’t merely a book about food and how to make it. In a world filled with dross, Stir is breathtaking.” –Elissa Altman, author of Poor Man’s Feast “Written with the flare of a novelist and the precision of an academic,