The School of Essential Ingredients -- Erica Bauermeister

<b>From the author of Reese Witherspoon's Book Club pick <i>The Scent Keeper</i> comes a "heartbreakingly delicious" national bestseller about a chef, her students, and the evocative lessons that food teaches about life. </b> <p/> Once a month on a Monday night, eight students gather in Lillian's restaurant for a cooking class. Among them is Claire, a young woman coming to terms with her new identity as a mother; Tom, a lawyer whose life has been overturned by loss; Antonia, an Italian kitchen designer adapting to life in America; and Carl and Helen, a long-married couple whose union contains surprises the rest of the class would never suspect. <p/> The students have come to learn the art behind Lillian's soulful dishes, but it soon becomes clear that each seeks a recipe for something beyond the kitchen. And soon they are transformed by the aromas, flavors, and textures of what they create....<br><br><b>Author:</b> Erica Bauermeister<br><b>Publisher:</b> Berkley Books<br><b>Published:</b> 01/05/2010<br><b>Pages:</b> 272<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.53lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.26h x 5.48w x 0.69d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780425232095<br><b>Age Range:</b> 18-UP<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><b>Erica Bauermeister</b> is the author of the bestselling novel <i>The School of Essential Ingredients, Joy for Beginners, The Lost Art of Mixing</i>, and <i>The Scent Keeper. </i>She is also the co-author of the non-fiction works, <i>500 Great Books by Women: A Reader's Gu