Duck fat and apple pie: in which I enter the kitchen -- Sour milk and autumn leaves: in which I start from scratch -- Rosemary and a madeleine: in which I make adjustments -- Fresh bagels and a boyfriend's shirt: in which I improvise -- Cinnamon gum and sulfur: in which I get cooking -- Pink lemonade and whiskey: in which it starts to come together -- Key lime and lavender: in which I taste -- Opoponax and cedarwood: in which I return to my senses -- Epilogue.
Summary
Written with good cheer and great charm, this work is an aspiring chef's moving account of finding her way--in the kitchen and beyond--in the wake of a devastating accident that left her unable to perceive smells.