Apron Anxiety: My Messy Affairs In and Out of the Kitchen
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| Rating | : | 4.72 (859 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0307952142 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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“Hot sex, looking good, scoring journalistic triumphs nothing made Alyssa love herself enough until she learned to cook. There's a racy plot and a surprising moral in this intimate and delicious book.” —GAEL GREENE, creator of Insatiable-Critic and author of Insatiable: Tales from a Life of Delicious Excess“I loved this book. Though she experiences love and loss, she finds her sweetest days where she least expects it—within herself in the kitchen. With that, Alyssa encourages even the most kitchen phobic to turn on the oven.” —DANYELLE FREEMAN, founder of RestaurantGirl and author of Try This: Traveling the
Readers will delight in her infectious voice as she dishes on everything from the sexy chef scene to the unexpected inner calm of tying on an apron.. Motivated at first by self-preservation rather than culinary passion, Shelasky embarked on a journey to master the kitchen, and she created the blog Apron Anxiety (ApronAnxiety) to share her stories. But what followed was no fairy tale: Chef hours are tough on a relationship. This is a memoir (with recipes) about learning to cook, the ups and downs of love, and entering the world of food full throttle. Surrounded by foodies yet unable to make a cup of tea, she was displaced and discouraged. There's a racy plot and a surprising moral in this intimate and delicious book.” --Gael Greene, creator of Insatiable-Critic and author of Insatiable: Tales from a Life of Delicious ExcessApron Anxiety is the hilarious and heartfelt memoir of quintessential city girl Alyssa Shelasky and her crazy, complicated love affair withthe kitchen. Three months into a relationship with her TV-chef crush, celebrity journalist Alyssa Shelasky left her highly social life in New York City to live with him in D.C. “Hot sex, looking good, scoring journalistic triumphs nothing made Alyssa love herself enough until she learned to cook
. ALYSSA SHELASKY is the New York editor of Grub Street at New York magazine, as well as the creator of the blog Apron Anxiety (ApronAnxiety). She has written for numerous publications including People, Us Weekly, Hamptons Style, Gotham, Self, Blackbook, TV Guide, The New York Post, New York magazine, CBS's Watch magazine, and Glamour magazine
"Self-absorption at its finest." according to GadgetChick. So, I have to start out by saying that my disappointment with this book is largely my own fault. For whatever reason, I keep picking up books by privileged rich girls from New York City, who have inexplicably decided that their lives are so fascinating that they need to write Self-absorption at its finest. So, I have to start out by saying that my disappointment with this book is largely my own fault. For whatever reason, I keep picking up books by privileged rich girls from New York City, who have inexplicably decided that their lives are so fascinating that they need to write 300 pages about their plucky adventures navigating romance/career/drugs/whatever in the "Big City." I find the authors self-absorbed, whiny, and boring. Their lives are not interesting. They have nothing profound to say. Why do I keep reading their books, then? I don't know. But after reading Shelasky's book, I can. 00 pages about their plucky adventures navigating romance/career/drugs/whatever in the "Big City." I find the authors self-absorbed, whiny, and boring. Their lives are not interesting. They have nothing profound to say. Why do I keep reading their books, then? I don't know. But after reading Shelasky's book, I can. Probably one of the worst books I have ever tried to read My husband bought me this book as I love books about food and books about people who love food. I must confess I did not finish this book, but I gave it a good try (90+ pages.) She starts off telling us about her fun and quirky family and then it all goes down from there. THe author is so self-absorbed, so full of herself, it's really a bit stunning. She is truly an unlikeable person and it's hard to root for someone who is so unpleasant. Her treatment of Gary (5 year relationship) is terriblebut it turns out he just wasn't inspiring enough for her and she decides she will only date men. The author doth protest too much The author spends a lot of time describing her incredible talents, her good looks, her ability to attract any man, and her amazing friends & family - to a nauseating degree. At first I couldn't decide if the author was narcissistic or extremely insecure but I'm going to go with the latter because who else would incessantly call/text/email their boyfriend for reassurance, knowing that he was incredibly busy opening a restaurant. (I would love to hear Spike's side).I cringed through most of this book and kept waiting for the point where she gained some self-awareness.