Portia Cuthcart has a gift of making just the right food , for the right person, at the right time. Leaving behind heartbreaking losses in Texas , she joins her sisters Cordelia and Olivia in Manhattan, where they attempt to replicate a restaurant using their grandmother's previous owned eatery (The Glass Kitchen) , along with passed down family recipes , as their inspiration. Throw in a tall , dark, and handsome (if somewhat brooding stranger) who is trying to cope with two daughters after the loss of their mother, and a bit of mystery surrounding his past, and you have the ultimate Chick Lit book . An easy fun read 3 stars Sisters, Cordelia, Olivia and Portia, have grown up in a family with the "knowing". After their parents' deaths, they are all left in the care of their maternal grandmother, who has the "knowing" and is a great cook, and owner of the original Glass Kitchen in a small town in Texas. As their grandmother ages, she realizes that Portia has been "gifted" with the "knowing". The gift brings vivid images of meals, down to the smallest of details, and then going into the kitchen and preparing the meal perfectly.Circumstances lead all three sisters to leave Texas and head to New York City. Although Portia's departure is much more dramatic than that of her sisters.The Knowing leads Portia to a brownstone on the Upper West Side that her great aunt had owned, and the three sisters has visited as children, Portia has wonderful memories of time spent there, she had been left the "basement" story of the brownstone. The upper two stories are owned by Gabriel Kane, powerful man in the world of finance, with daughters Ariel and Miranda. The Kane family has moved from Montclair, NJ after the death of Gabriel's wife, much to the chagrin of his daughters.Portia and Gabriel collide in more ways than one.
What do You think about Glass Kitchen, The (2014)?
I thought this book had a good plot that was well written. It has mystery and a nice love story.
—Emily
Definitely the kind of book to curl up with. Great characters, lots of magic and a few tears.
—Mbemery94
There's some cheesiness, but I just couldn't put it down!
—hannah32149
