Walking on Walnuts
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.10 (728 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0553096648 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 333 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-02-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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George Cohen. Although this is primarily a work of nonfiction, she has slightly changed events and chronology; but the names and descriptions of her family members are real and the episodes of their lives are true. From Booklist The characters in what Ring calls her "restaurant stories," and the New York City restaurants themselves, are based on real people and real restaurants. Scattered throughout the book are recipes that have been handed down from generation to generation, including Grandma Selma's mandelbrot cookies, Papa Eddy's favorite compote, Great-Grandma Esther Hanna's taiglach, peach and honey upside-down cake, and fig apple pie. She gives readers an account of life in New York's restaurant kitchens she worked as an assistant pastry chef, interwoven with memories of her colorful, Jewish immigrant family that fled Russia and later the Holocaust for a new life in the U.S. Filled with warmth, humor, and sadness, this is an
A colorful account of life in New York's restaurant kitchens profiles the fierce competitiveness, back-stabbing practices, and temperamental egos that contribute to each day and includes memories of the author's Jewish immigrant family of esoteric cooks.
Catherine S. Vodrey said An evocative memoir with recipes. There are those among us who read cookbooks like normal people read novels. If you are among this group, you will rejoice at Nancy Ring's evocative memoir, "Walking on Walnuts." This lovely book braids delectable recipes (Burnt Orange Ice Cream, Peach and Honey Upside-Down Cake, among many others) together with tales of the author's family and the story of her own path towards professional and personal fulfillment.Nancy Ring held a n. "I thoroughly enjoyed this book" according to Sharon. I loved the way Nancy Ring wrote this book. As educators, we struggle to teach students to use similies and metaphors in their writing. Why teach them these things if not to use them in real life?Nancy Ring found a delightful way to weave metaphors and similies throughout her book while at the same time shares her family history, her love of baking and art, and her struggles to make it in the world. I saw her use of the similies and . "great recipes, heavy-handed writing" according to A Customer. My mom insisted that I read this book because my career paths and quandries are remarkably similar to Ms. Ring's. I'm about great recipes, heavy-handed writing My mom insisted that I read this book because my career paths and quandries are remarkably similar to Ms. Ring's. I'm about 3/great recipes, heavy-handed writing A Customer My mom insisted that I read this book because my career paths and quandries are remarkably similar to Ms. Ring's. I'm about 3/4 through it and I have to confess that the writing has so befuddled me that I've started skimming over the family history parts to get to the narrative of her restaurant stories, in fact I'm longing for even just ten uninterrupted pages of ANY straight narrative, preferably without walnut analogies or metapho. through it and I have to confess that the writing has so befuddled me that I've started skimming over the family history parts to get to the narrative of her restaurant stories, in fact I'm longing for even just ten uninterrupted pages of ANY straight narrative, preferably without walnut analogies or metapho. /great recipes, heavy-handed writing A Customer My mom insisted that I read this book because my career paths and quandries are remarkably similar to Ms. Ring's. I'm about 3/4 through it and I have to confess that the writing has so befuddled me that I've started skimming over the family history parts to get to the narrative of her restaurant stories, in fact I'm longing for even just ten uninterrupted pages of ANY straight narrative, preferably without walnut analogies or metapho. through it and I have to confess that the writing has so befuddled me that I've started skimming over the family history parts to get to the narrative of her restaurant stories, in fact I'm longing for even just ten uninterrupted pages of ANY straight narrative, preferably without walnut analogies or metapho