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Life Without a Recipe

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Her fist waves in the air, face thrown back, mouth open, as if to say All chocolate is mine. A good book if you're in the mood to drift along with a thoughtful, insightful narrator. Dec 15, Whitney Page rated it it was amazing. Sad and haunting, a look into a writers real life, dealing with loss, attachment, the ordinary things. May 13, Ietrio rated it did not like it Shelves: When you look at this book - it looks short.

When you start reading it - it looks long. The text is clear, but the many ornaments of the text muddy the whole information making me turn the pages faster towards the next chapter, hoping it to be better than this one. A book dedicated to a child and a grandmother.

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Only to read that the wonderful grandmother is not very intelligent and does good things to the family like self medicating with strong alcohol, including the children. So much for good p When you look at this book - it looks short.

So much for good parenting skills in the family. But what is this book about? It resembles a biography. But it is badly structured and most of the biography feeling is from the chronology. Than I get on the biography of the author. A girl that was too proud to go about in life without a college degree.

But had no idea what to do. Only English is the path you take if you want to bury yourself in the educational system. Which she does not want to. So a magic wand changed English into Creative Writing. Meaning it is the same burial ground, only some yards away in the adult education section where people with pipe dreams of becoming writers come to other uninspired people just like them. And you need books to prove that you are qualified. So here's the proof Diana needed to enroll the minimum number of adults for class.

Mar 30, Kate rated it it was amazing Shelves: I love Diana Abu-Jaber's books. They are beautiful, contain these wonderfully descriptive sentences and will make you hungry for days. This is a memoir about food and family, like her previous "Language of Baklava. I highly recommend this for Abu-Jaber's fans and even those who have not yet read one of her books. It is just lovely. Feb 17, Michelle Arredondo rated it it was amazing Shelves: There is hardly a memoir that I don't like This memoir is seriously a wonderful one. I just really enjoyed it. I am placing this book on the shelf of my faves.

I want to spotlight this book with a more thought out review on my blog eventually so I don't want to get into too ma I've mentioned before that I LOVE memoirs I want to spotlight this book with a more thought out review on my blog eventually so I don't want to get into too many details on here I don't think there was anyone she wrote about that I did not like but with certainty I can say I absolutely adored her father. Being a wonderful quirky dad So much mention of good food Many of my childhood memories involved weekends with my grandfather and his wonderful BBQ chicken There were tears, laughter, anger, sorrow, and faith in this book.

I had all those emotions reading this and some. A fast paced book that you want to force yourself to slow down just to embrace fully. I look forward to writing a longer much deserved review on my blog soon. It took me forever to get this review out.. I love that about a good book. YES, I highly recommend this book. Thanks to the wonderful peeps here at goodreads for my free book in exchange for an honest review to which I gladly and voluntarily gave.

Apr 11, Victoria Allman rated it it was amazing. Having fallen in love with Diana's writing and her grandiose real-life characters in The Language of Baklava, I was thrilled to see them continue to be portrayed in Life Without a Recipe. Who could not love Bud when he is so lovingly portrayed in scenes like: He nudged Gram in the ribs; as if she were in one the joke, and, instead of writing his name, wrote: I make no promises.

The othe Having fallen in love with Diana's writing and her grandiose real-life characters in The Language of Baklava, I was thrilled to see them continue to be portrayed in Life Without a Recipe. The other return character is Grace, Diana's grandmother, who advises her: Never learn how to sew, cook, type, or iron. That's how they get you. Bud and Grace agree on one thing: But in forging her own recipe for life, Diana defies both strong characters to fall in love with Scott and adopt her own child to teach her recipes to.

This is a beautifully crafted and elogantly written story of Diana's daughter Gracie who brings all of the strng characters in Diana's life together through love and laughter. I loved delving deeper into Diana's life and continuing the family story. I can't wait until the third installment, as I know Gracie will provide enough fodder for a lifetime of stories. Victoria Allman Author of: A Chef's Journey with Her Captain Dec 15, Bookworm rated it did not like it. Lacks the charm of her other memoir. Even though I wasn't in love with her other memoir, 'The Language of Baklava', this still sounded quite charming.

In the previous book it seemed like she merely skimmed over other parts of her life and so I had hoped this would fill the other parts she didn't talk about. Instead, the book is more like snapshots of her life and pieces that were just not all that interesting. She talks a bit about her grandmother, her marriages, the adoption of her daughter, et Lacks the charm of her other memoir.

She talks a bit about her grandmother, her marriages, the adoption of her daughter, etc. Her other family including her parents and especially her father, who featured prominently in 'Baklava' do pop up but this is a different type of memoir that was less of a continuation and more of a different story.

It lacks the charm of her original book and has less of her dad who appears to be quite the character. Honestly I'm shocked at the all the positive reviews. I don't know if the reviewers knew what to expect or if I went in with the wrong expectations.

It might stand on its own if you hadn't read the previous book but this just wasn't interesting. Borrow from the library if you're really curious. Jan 17, Sara rated it liked it Shelves: This book is exactly what I was hoping for: There was more about motherhood than I cared to read, but I enjoyed how she made her father appear so vividly on the page. The musings on life and death are poignant yet realistic and even quite funny at times.

The author played with time by shuffling events around to suit her narrative, making it a memoir and thus an example of how time and memory interact. My favorite were her thoughts on This book is exactly what I was hoping for: My favorite were her thoughts on creativity and the writing life which were sprinkled throughout. Apr 24, Bonnie Irwin rated it really liked it Shelves: Another memoir by one of my favorite writers.

Diana Abu-Jaber includes more of the culinary traditions of her mother's side of the family in this follow-up to The Language of Baklava. Life Without a Recipe begins with the cookies the writer's German grandmother made. Relationships, family hopes and dreams, and culinary traditions intertwine in this delightful memoir, at times humorous, but consistency poignant. A delightful memoir of life, love, family, divorce, and death interwoven with memories of cooking and sharing food.

The author shares her memories of how food has shaped her life. It is a very touching and funny memoir. Mar 24, Leslie rated it liked it. Mar 04, Daniela Toache-Allen rated it it was amazing. I had mixed feelings at first about it but I am really glad I got to read it! Really worth your time. Feb 17, Darlene Cruz rated it it was amazing. Clearly a memoir to take a hold of you. Inspiring, entertaining, and full of life, that's it, "full of life.

Thank you, Darlene Cruz. Nov 21, Lecy rated it really liked it Shelves: Diana Abu-Jaber is a Jordanian-American writer who is caught between two cultures - sweet and savory. Her German grandmother taught her how to bake and shared her recipe for a perfect life while the Arab side of her family was all about not using recipes and adding lots of spice to life.

Life Without a Recipe is the story of Abu-Jaber finding a balance between the two. This is a beautifully written, poignant memoir with a whole lot of heart.

She describes her family members in such a way, that y Diana Abu-Jaber is a Jordanian-American writer who is caught between two cultures - sweet and savory. She describes her family members in such a way, that you feel like you've sat across the table from them at a meal just last week. And the various loved ones offer up a lot of wisdom that I found myself reading and thinking, "aha!

One of my favorite passages was when Diana was baking with her Jordanian aunt, Aya: She produced a bowl filled with tiny cheese curds which were then scattered over the dough. Next, comes the syrup, sweet as a bride.

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Nothing worse that too sweet. They are crazy in love. This one is about family and life and how the love of food transcends culture and generation. It's the perfect blend of sweet and savory, of wit and sincerity. I look forward to reading what else Abu-Jaber has to offer. All opinions are my own. Sep 20, Holli rated it really liked it Shelves: Beautiful book--funny, poignant, down to earth, lyrical.

Full of passages like this: I learned from him: No telling where family comes from.

It can be made and unmade and made again. It waits patiently to be claimed, taken indoors, for another place to be set at the table. Family is all around, calling your name in the mornings, asking you to listen. Oct 09, Jill Blevins rated it it was amazing. One of the sweetest, best memoirs I've read in a long time. Enjoyed it even more than her previous work, and that's saying so much. She has one of those voices that makes you think she's someone you might know from somewhere - so familiar and so connectable.

I have nothing in common with her except being human and female, yet I felt like I had gone through love and pain for three people before I finished reading. It's what we read memoir for - living through another's extraordinary experiences so One of the sweetest, best memoirs I've read in a long time. It's what we read memoir for - living through another's extraordinary experiences so we can learn without the consequences. Nov 24, Leah rated it really liked it Shelves: I greatly enjoyed the book.

I connected so much with her stories of loss and the way she describes her connections with memories Her connection with baking is how I've often tried to explain mine to cooking. We also need to remind ourselves that our sexualities can be valued by self-control as much as by sexual intercourse.

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It is true of the newly converted same-sex attracted woman who stops sleeping with her same-sex partner soon after becoming a Christian — out of her new love for Jesus. It is also true of the same-sex attracted man who remains a virgin until his dying day — out of his love for God too.

And the power of our sexual feelings can, amazingly enough, be valued most when they are most painfully experienced. The language and imagery of sexuality are the most graphic and most powerful that the Bible uses to describe the relationship between God and his people — both positively when we are faithful and negatively when we are not. If I were not a sexual being I would not get them and so him at all.

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That will mean lots of sex for some, and none for others — but both are different ways of appreciating an incredible part of what it is to be human being, created in the image of God. All human beings long for intimate, self-giving relationships with others, and lives without sex would seem to deny them the satisfaction of this very basic need. Such thinking far too common in our churches where the nuclear family can be the only focus of attention is not biblical.

Tim Chester is provocative but correct when he writes: Every time Jesus talks about families he sees them as competing for loyalty to him and his community. So to deny someone sex is not to condemn them to a life without intimacy and full of loneliness. Loneliness will never be entirely absent it is not absent in the most successful marriages and nuclear families but intimacy can be there in close friendships and your church family. Neither Jesus nor Paul as single men was devoid of relationships.

On the contrary their relationships flourished in both number and depth by the freedom and flexibility their singleness afforded them. That is the most crushing loneliness of all. Website design by Creative Stream. Living Out on twitter. Living Out on facebook. Living Out on Vimeo. Why investigate Christianity if you're gay? Why are some people same-sex attracted? How can you live life without sex?

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