Kitchen Yarns: Notes on Life, Love, and Food

From childhood to singledom, raising a family, divorce and marriage to Michael Ruhlman, Ann Hood has long appreciated the power of a good meal. Growing up, she tasted love in her grandmothers tomato sauce and dreamed of her mothers Fancy Lady Sandwiches. Hood cooked roast pork to warm her first apartment, found hope in her daughters omelette and fell in lovewith her husband and his chicken stock.

Hood tracks her lifelong journey in the kitchen with twenty-seven essays, each accompanied by a recipe (or a few). In Carbonara Quest, searching for the perfect spaghetti helped her cope with lonely nights as a flight attendant. In the award-winning The Golden Silver Palate, she recounts the history of her fail-safe dinner party recipe for Chicken Marbella and how it failed her. Hoods simple, comforting recipes include meatballs, Beef Stew, Fried Chicken, grilled cheese and a peach pie.