Food Memoirs

Let's be blunt. They are mostly boring and at best, they are one-shot reads. You'll never read them again!

So why would you buy them (as opposed to getting them from the library?)

Well, the publishers figured this one out too a long time ago so it is conventional for these memoirs to have recipes. They figured that these would make people buy them.

Problem is all too often these recipes are the same old recycled junk. Rare is the memoir that features such original fare that it compels you to purchase it. As a general rule, these authors have already put their best work into their cooking magnum opus (or magna opera as the case may be.)

The solution should be obvious.

Read the memoir from the library, and buy a used paperback later if necessary.