Comfort Food by Kate Jacobs

Description

Bibliographic Details

• Author: Kate Jacobs
• Title: Comfort Food
• Publisher: ‎ G. P. Putnam's Sons; First Edition (May 6, 2008)
• Language: ‎ English
• Format: Hardcover – 328 pages‏
• ISBN-10: 0399154655
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0399154652
• Item Weight: ‎ 1.25 pounds
• Dimensions: ‎ 6.3 x 1.2 x 9.3 inches
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher
• Book Condition: Used – Good (may show some minor discoloration on pages / page edges)
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Edition: First Edition

Synopsis:

A smart and deliciously funny novel by the bestselling author of The Friday Night Knitting Club—and “readers will be cheering” (Bookreporter.com)…

Shortly before turning the big 5-0, boisterous party planner and Cooking with Gusto! personality Augusta "Gus" Simpson finds herself planning a birthday party she'd rather not – her own. She's getting tired of being the hostess, the mother hen, the woman who has to plan her own birthday party. What she needs is time on her own with enough distance to give her loved ones the ingredients to put together successful lives without her.

Assisted by a handsome up-and-coming chef, Oliver, Gus invites a select group to take an on-air cooking class. But instead of just preaching to the foodie masses, she will teach regular people how to make rich, sensuous meals – real people making real food. Gus decides to bring a vibrant cast of friends and family on the program: Sabrina, her fickle daughter; Troy, Sabrina's ex-husband; Anna, Gus's timid neighbor; and Carmen, Gus's pompous and beautiful competitor at the Cooking Channel. And when she begins to have more than collegial feelings for her sous-chef, Gus realizes that she might be able to rejuvenate not just her professional life, but her personal life as well.

About the Author:

Kate Jacobs is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Friday Night Knitting Club, Knit Two, Knit the Season, and Comfort Food. She telephones hundreds of book clubs each year to discuss her novels with readers and can be reached via her website at http://www.katejacobs.com.

Born in Canada, Kate now lives in Southern California with her husband Jon and their dog Baxter.