The Lost Recipe For Happiness (2008) - Plot & Excerpts
This book evokes so many food scents and smells throughout, I couldn't read very many pages at a time without getting hungry. However, the story went much deeper than describing the chef's development of a menu for her new restaurant. I loved the conflict with her sou chef and other restaurant workers as well as her relationship with her two friends. The love story, though powerful, took a back seat to this woman's journey to reclaim her life and lose her self-loathing for surviving the accident which took others' lives. Outside the coffee shop where we got our morning coffee in Princeville, Kauai, there was a cart full of books for sale by the local library. I was so pleased, as I'd only brought two books with me and thought I'd be buying full price ones to read on the beach! This was $2.00, and worth that. If I'd paid the $10.97 of the sticker on the cover, I'd have been a little disappointed.I loved the cooking parts, the father-daughter parts, and of course the Colorado parts. The trashy parts were oddly romance-novelly and out of place in this otherwise interesting story.There are also actual recipes in this that I might even consider trying. Who knows? They might change my review!
What do You think about The Lost Recipe For Happiness (2008)?
Loved it. Great story, complex characters and, as an extra bonus, some promising recipes to try.
—fahamokha90
Story moved along nicely. Character development was very well done! Enjoyed this book!
—Skunk
Predictable ending. Boring characters who have lots of problems.
—astron009
I could read this over and over and never get sick of it.
—amsmith901
