March 24, 2020

Top Ten Tuesday: Emma's Favorite Memoirs


I don't read a lot of memoirs, but the ones I do tend to be of two varieties: travel and food. To get me to care about some random person's life experiences, they have to be living/traveling somewhere interesting or eating/cooking a bunch of food, lol. Bonus points if it's a combination of both. So here are some of my favorites (with a few non-food/travel ones thrown in).

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1. Paris, My Sweet by Amy Thomas
2. Brooklyn in Love by Amy Thomas
I especially love the second one, for all it's New York and Brooklyn restaurant recommendations. Every time I reread it, my soul misses Brooklyn.

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3. Voracious by Cara Nicoletti
Food AND books? Just as great as food and travel.

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4. The Wilder Life by Wendy McClure
Will definitely affect how you view the Little House on the Prairie books.

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5. Four Kitchens by Lauren Shockey
Memories of cooking in four very different cities and restaurants!

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6. Inheritance by Dani Shapiro
Very moving and thought-provoking.

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7. The Measure of My Powers by Jackie Kai Ellis
Recommended by a dear friend, and I binge-read it because it was so enthralling. It's about food, depression, relationships, and diaspora.

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8. Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl
Memories of her time undercover as a food critic. Very fun!

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9. As You Wish by Cary Elwes
One of the few celebrity memoirs I've read. It's Princess Bride, though, so of course I had to.


What kind of books did you list today? Also do you have any memoir recommendations for me?

2 comments:

  1. I thought The Wilder Life was a good read for sure.

    My TTT .

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  2. I really liked Garlic and Sapphires, too. Becoming would be one of my favorites. I also just read Jessica Simpson's Open Book and really liked it as well.

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