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A review by lediamond4
32 Yolks: From My Mother's Table to Working the Line by Eric Ripert, Veronica Chambers
emotional
funny
informative
sad
medium-paced
4.0
In an attempt to “Read Around the World” I ran into a bit of trouble when I came to Angorra. Books translated into English are hard to come by especially since I’m limiting myself to what my library system has to offer. At the end, I do intend to go back and “revisit” the ones I had to bend the rules for and look beyond the library and Angorra will be the first.
For the time being this was a lovely little stay. And I hesitate to say lovely because Ripert spent a large chunk of his childhood in Angorra but it was not a happy time for him. His once loving parents divorced, his stepfather is abusive, his mother and father are both VERY passive in allowing this abusive, and he’s sent away to a boarding school. His time as a chef is so stressful I found myself twisting strands of my hair around my fingers and pausing every once in a while to take it all in.
But there’s just something that’s so utterly engaging about Ripert’s story. Obviously he’s easy to root for, but the way he talks about food and preparing these elaborate dishes I know nothing about is so filled with passion and excitement that ultimately I couldn’t stop reading. So yeah, this was lovely.
For the time being this was a lovely little stay. And I hesitate to say lovely because Ripert spent a large chunk of his childhood in Angorra but it was not a happy time for him. His once loving parents divorced, his stepfather is abusive, his mother and father are both VERY passive in allowing this abusive, and he’s sent away to a boarding school. His time as a chef is so stressful I found myself twisting strands of my hair around my fingers and pausing every once in a while to take it all in.
But there’s just something that’s so utterly engaging about Ripert’s story. Obviously he’s easy to root for, but the way he talks about food and preparing these elaborate dishes I know nothing about is so filled with passion and excitement that ultimately I couldn’t stop reading. So yeah, this was lovely.