Beachside Read: My Kitchen Wars

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Need a fierce and funny beachside read? Pick up a copy of My Kitchen Wars by Betty Fussell.

Take a look into the domestic revolutions that turned American television sets from Leave It to Beaver to The Mary Tyler Moore Show to Julia Child’s The French Chef. 

In this witty and candid autobiographical mock epic, Fussell survives a motherless household during the Great Depression, gets married to the well-known writer and war historian Paul Fussell after World War II, goes through a divorce, and finally escapes to New York City in her mid-fifties, batterie de cuisine intact.

Her book is based on the author’s lifelong love affair with food—cooking it, eating it, and sharing it—no matter where or with whom she finds herself. During her travels around the world, from Princeton to Heidelberg and from London to Provence, Fussell ladles out food, sex, and travel with her wooden spoon, welcoming all who come to the table.

To learn more: My Kitchen Wars: A Memoir (At Table)