Ann Hood

In this warm collection of personal essays and recipes, best-selling author Ann Hood nourishes both our bodies and our souls. From her Italian-American childhood through raising and feeding a growing family and cooking with her new husband, food writer Michael Ruhlman, Ann Hood has long appreciated the power of a good meal. Growing up, she tasted love in her grandmother's tomato sauce and dreamed of her mother's special-occasion Fancy Lady Sandwiches....

A collection of personal essays and recipes reflects on the culinary experiences that shaped the author's Italian-American childhood and adult family life and includes the award-winning piece, "The Golden Silver Palate."

Joining a reading group in the wake of a failed marriage, Ava rediscovers a book from her childhood that helped her through past difficulties, while her daughter, Maggie, descends into a destructive relationship with a man in Paris.

Haunted by a decision he made as a young soldier in World War I, involving a French artist and her baby, Nick Burns, with only months left to live, enlists Jenny, a college dropout, to help him unravel the mystery, forcing them both to reckon with regret, betrayal and the lives they've left behind.

A collection of essays from more than twenty different authors--including Elizabeth Berg, Ann Patchett, and Sue Grafton--describes their passion for knitting, recalling their triumphs and disasters in their craft projects and lives.