Kitchens of the Great Midwest 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
by J. Ryan Stradal
Published July 28 2015 by Pamela Dorman Books/Viking
Finished 1/21/17
Just as your first steaming cup of coffee of the morning, sweet butter melting on freshly baked bread, a brilliant red heirloom tomato, a slice of carrot cake, and wine, great wine, are meant to be savored, so are these stories of Eva Thorvald. Born to a woman who chose a sommelier over her and a man who cherished her more than life itself, she grew up in our great Midwest learning about fresh food and family through osmosis. The descriptions made me hungry for farm stand produce and Peanut Butter Bars from the Lutheran church's bake sale. I'm craving bi-color corn and a huge juicy vine-ripened tomato picked fresh this morning, still warm from the bright sunshine so missing from this January day here near Chicago. Food truly is a language we can all speak, even when there are no words for what's in our hearts.
It's a one of a kind 5🌟 story and a debut to boot. You did an excellent job, J. Ryan Stradal. Your mother taught you well. Thanks for the memories. This was a great experience I won't soon forget.
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