A departure for contemporary novelist Christensen that will leave you wanting a second course. She tells her life story through her palate, sometimes delectable and at other times, hard to swallow. Sprinkled with recipes from her formative years, this is a tribute to both the good and bad that defines living, for “to taste fully is to live fully.” What dishes tell the story of your life?

—Ellen of The Griswold Inn Store ~ Goods & Curiosities, Essex

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