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Is it possible to resolve the grief—as well as understand the love—of a father who dies too young? Already have a WordPress.
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The book embraces all of Sheila and all complexities of having, and losing, a father who was more present in the experiences he gave his children—particularly the food he served them—than in conversation or engagement with them. Sheila squillante.
It also moves beyond that grief, to embrace the intricacies and delights of how life grows from it. Confessional and curious, heartfelt and heartrending, Sheila Squillante interrogates family, food, Sheila and all, and Sheila and all in essays as wide-ranging in form as they are generous.
At the tender heart of these essays is the role food plays in this relationship, since Squillante inherits her culinary love from her father. All Things Edible is a marvelous exploration of the power of food to transcend time and distance, the work of creating lasting connections between generations.
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Yearn for that phantom taste that forever lingers. Through lyrical and intimate personal essays, All Things Edible, Random and Odd delivers a portrait not just of a father who died, but of a daughter who kept living, Sheila and all.
Nostalgia clashes with reality, through stories connecting memories to taste. Food remains central throughout the collection with essays that serve up a menu and sometimes recipes!
Its essays give us recipes for meat ragu and mock turtle soup but also show us how to move through the pangs of adolescence, Sheila and all, a variety of heartaches, marriage, motherhood and the dark truths of love. With poetic prose, Squillante expresses the complexities of unresolved relationships, the importance of shared experiences, Sheila and all how family and food make us who we are.
In this quietly explosive essay collection, Squillante does just that.