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The School of Essential Ingredients

Written by: Erica Bauermeister
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
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From the author of Reese Witherspoon's Book Club pick The Scent Keeper comes a “heartbreakingly delicious” national best seller about a chef, her students, and the evocative lessons that food teaches about life.

Once a month on a Monday night, eight students gather in Lillian's restaurant for a cooking class. Among them is Claire, a young woman coming to terms with her new identity as a mother; Tom, a lawyer whose life has been overturned by loss; Antonia, an Italian kitchen designer adapting to life in America; and Carl and Helen, a long-married couple whose union contains surprises the rest of the class would never suspect. The students have come to learn the art behind Lillian's soulful dishes, but it soon becomes clear that each seeks a recipe for something beyond the kitchen. And soon they are transformed by the aromas, flavors, and textures of what they create...

©2008 Erica Baurmeister (P)2008 Penguin Fiction Women's Fiction Heartfelt Student
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Wonderful Book!

I read an article where this book was mentioned and decided to give it a go. I’m so glad I did, it was a wonderful book. The characters were rich and full of life. I’m actually surprised by how much I enjoyed this book. I will listen to it again, I’m sure!

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Healing and sensuous

A wonderfully relaxing read… it is a sometimes subtle and sometimes shocking it it’s emotions with an overall them of the healing and sensuous power of food.

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