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Here are some recent additions to Peter White Public Library's Cookbook Collection, purchased to support our Tasty Reads book group. Tasty Reads meets on the second Tuesday of the month at noon in the George Shiras III Room from September to May.
"The Mistress of Spices" by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (FIC DIVAKAR) Tilo, an Indian woman is given immortality by the gods as long as lives a chaste life. In her old age, she ends up running a spice shop in California and meets a handsome American who makes her question this arrangement. PWPL also carries the movie adaptation of this book found in the Drama DVD's. If you like magical realism and food, this story might be for you.
"Crying in H Mart" by Michelle Zauner (780.92 Zauner) At 25 Michelle is forced to recon with her mother receiving a terminal pancreatic cancer diagnosis. This touching story of family, food, grief, and endurance will make you laugh and cry and crave Korean food.
"Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking" by Samin Nosrat (641.5 NO) This James Beard Award-winning book guides readers through the proper use of the four primary elements of cooking salt, fat, acid, heat. Knowing how and when to use each of these elements will ensure that everything created is delicious. For novice and experienced cooks alike.
"Like Wafers in Honey" by Leah Eskin (FIC ESKIN) This book parallels two remarkable stories on two different timelines connected to the power of classic Italian Jewish cuisine. Based on a true story, one timeline follows Stella as she evades Nazi concentration camps in Italy in 1943 and Edda a 1960s housewife in Westchester grapples with life (and poor food options) as an immigrant.
Tasty Reads is a book group for readers who love to cook. Learn more about all our book groups online: www.pwpl.info.
Andrea Ingmire is the Library Director at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette.