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100 1  French, Erin|c(Chef),|eauthor. 
245 10 Finding freedom :|ba cook's story; remaking a life from 
       scratch /|cErin French. 
246 3  Cook's story; remaking a life from scratch 
246 3  Remaking a life from scratch 
250    Large print edition. 
264  1 Waterville, Maine :|bThorndike Press, a part of Gale, a 
       Cengage Company,|c2021. 
264  4 |c©2021 
300    501 pages (large print) ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
340    |nlarge print|2rdafs 
520    "Long before The Lost Kitchen became a world dining 
       destination with every seating filled the day the 
       reservation book opens each spring, Erin French was a girl
       roaming barefoot on a 25-acre farm, a teenager falling in 
       love with food while working the line at her dad's diner 
       and a young woman finding her calling as a professional 
       chef at her tiny restaurant tucked into a 19th century 
       mill. This singular memoir-a classic American story-
       invites readers to Erin's corner of her beloved Maine to 
       share the real person behind the "girl from Freedom" 
       fairytale, and the not-so-picture-perfect struggles that 
       have taken every ounce of her strength to overcome, and 
       that make Erin's life triumphant. In Finding Freedom, Erin
       opens up to the challenges, stumbles, and victories that 
       have led her to the exact place she was ever meant to be, 
       telling stories of multiple rock-bottoms, of darkness and 
       anxiety, of survival as a jobless single mother, of pills 
       that promised release but delivered addiction, of a man 
       who seemed to offer salvation but in the end ripped away 
       her very sense of self. And of the beautiful son who was 
       her guiding light as she slowly rebuilt her personal and 
       culinary life around the solace she found in food-as a 
       source of comfort, a sense of place, as a way of bringing 
       goodness into the world. Erin's experiences with deep loss
       and abiding hope, told with both honesty and humor, will 
       resonate with women everywhere who are determined to find 
       their voices, create community, grow stronger and discover
       their best-selves despite seemingly impossible odds. Set 
       against the backdrop of rural Maine and its lushly intense,
       bountiful seasons, Erin reveals the passion and courage 
       needed to invent oneself anew, and the poignant, timeless 
       connections between food and generosity, renewal and 
       freedom"--|cProvided by publisher. 
600 10 French, Erin|c(Chef) 
650  0 Women cooks|zMaine|vBiography. 
650  0 Cooks|zMaine|vBiography. 
655  0 Large type books. 
655  7 Biographies.|2lcgft 
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