George Sorensen - Writer

“OK -- I admit it. Based on the title, this is not a book that I would have ever considered buying on my own. For me, cooking is just a necessary evil that is best left to somebody else. The extent of my cooking skills tops out at: "Put TV dinner in microwave" or "Open can, put contents in pot, warm up". So when a friend told me I just had to read this book, I grudging obliged -- more on the basis of our friendship than any real desire to read a book about cooking.

And then something amazing happened. I enjoyed it. Granted, my eyes glazed over and I started skimming material when it was talking about actual cooking, but it turns out there was so much more than that in this book. In a most eloquent style, the author shared his innermost emotions -- the fear that he might have screwed up a recipe, the joy of a dish well prepared, the triumph of a dinner party successfully executed. And then there were the details of the various members of the gourmet dinner group: what they looked like, how they met, how they acted, how they interacted with the author and other members of the group.”