The measure of my powers : a memoir of food, misery, and Paris
Kai Ellis, Jackie2017
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This is the story of how, armed with nothing but a love of food and the words of the great 20th century food writer M.F.K. Fisher, Jackie Kai Ellis begins a journey - from France to Italy, then the Congo and back again - to find herself. Along the way, she goes to pastry school in Paris, eats the most perfect apricots over the Tuscan hills, watches a family of gorillas grazing deep in the Congolese brush, has her heart broken one last time on a bridge in Lyon, and, ultimately, finds a path to life and joy. Includes several recipes.
Main title:
The measure of my powers : a memoir of food, misery, and Paris / Jackie Kai Ellis.
Author:
Kai Ellis, Jackie, author
Edition:
First edition.
Imprint:
[Vancouver, B.C.] : Appetite by Random House, [2017]©2017
Collation:
277 pages : colour illustrations ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9780147530394 (paperback)
Dewey class:
641.5092B641.5
Language:
English
Subject:
Kai Ellis, JackieCooking -- Psychological aspectsDepression in womenCooks -- France -- Paris -- BiographyCanadians -- France -- Paris -- BiographyParis (France) -- Social life and customsParis (France) -- BiographyCooking -- France -- ParisCooks -- Canada -- BiographyWomen cooks -- Canada -- BiographyConfectioneryAppetizersPastrySuccessful people -- BiographyCooking, FrenchFrance -- BiographyBusinesswomen -- British Columbia -- Vancouver -- BiographyFood writers -- British Columbia -- Vancouver -- BiographyAutobiographies
BRN:
340251