Three Many Cooks: One Mom, Two Daughters: Their Shared Stories of Food, Faith & Family
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| Rating | : | 4.89 (906 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 080417895X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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Three Cooks Keep This Narrative Cooking Pam Anderson is a cookbook author and apparently a cook extraordinaire. With her daughters Maggy and Sharon they have created a cooking blog which blends stories of family and faith, and dish out family secrets as well as some irresistable family recipes.As a reader, I came to know the trio through their own unique relationships as mother to daughtet(s) and sisters. Quite possibly this might not have been an enjoyable book had it been filled with animosity or dysfunction. However, what I got from this collection of stories and a little philosophy on the side is that cooking can and do. Great Book, Fun Stories, Reads Like a Conversation I had never heard of the Three Many Cooks blog before but when I read the description of this book I was intrigued. The book is written by Pam Anderson and her daughters, Maggy Keet and Sharon Damelio. I have read many recipes (found in places like Food and Wine and USA Weekend) written by Pam Anderson and enjoy them so I was interested what a memoir by her and her daughters could lead to. Each chapter is written by one of the three and describes a moment of their life and how food played a role in it. Every chapter concludes with a recipe that ties back to that moment. I enjoyed read. "Moderately Interesting" according to Just My Op. I like reading about cooking and I like biographies and memoirs, so this book should have worked for me. And I did find it somewhat interesting, but not as much as I'd hoped.A mother and her two daughters write of their lives and how they have been influenced by food and cooking. There relationships are not always smooth, especially those of the two sisters. Having a sister I love dearly but can and have butted heads with, I can relate to that, although even at our most childish, I don't think we ever drew blood, unlike the authors!There are recipes interspersed, and some of these sou
Now acclaimed cookbook author Pam Anderson and her daughters, Maggy Keet and Sharon Damelio, blend compelling reflections and well-loved recipes into one funny, candid, and irresistible book. The stories are relatable and real, and are woven perfectly with the time-tested, mouthwatering recipes. When the women behind the popular blog Three Many Cooks gather in the busiest room in the house, there are never too many cooks in the kitchen. Her new book, Three Many Cooks, puts cooking in the context it ultimately belongs, at the center of friends and family.”—Christopher Kimball, founder and editor, America’s Test Kitchen “A wonderful, honest account of food and family, Three Many Cooks deliciously reveals what I’ve suspected all along: Cooking for p
After living in Malawi and building a maternity clinic, she moved with her husband, Andy, to New York City where she now works fund-raising for Haiti. . She recently graduated from Yale Divinity School with a master of divinity and now works at a nonprofit in Atlanta that provides programs and servic
Three Many Cooks is the perfect encouragement to work with what we have: one another.”—Kelly Corrigan, New York Times bestselling author of Glitter and Glue “Pam Anderson is the consummate test cook—smart, thorough, and curious. I loved every page, every word, and am adding this to the very small pile of books in my life that I know I’ll pick up and read again and again.”—Ree Drummond, New York Times bestselling author of The Pioneer Woman Cooks “As a little story about mac and cheese illustrates, when it comes to family, the trick is to make a masterpiece with the ingredients you’ve got. In the kitchen and in life, Pam and her daughters express the essential truth about both: ‘Whatever we have is enough.’”—Christopher Kimball, founder and editor, America’s Test Kitchen