Kai Ellis, Jackie,

The measure of my powers : a memoir of food, misery, and Paris / Jackie Kai Ellis. - First edition. - 277 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm

This is the story of how, armed with nothing but a love of food and the words of the great 20th century food writer M.F.K. Fisher, Jackie Kai Ellis begins a journey - from France to Italy, then the Congo and back again - to find herself. Along the way, she goes to pastry school in Paris, eats the most perfect apricots over the Tuscan hills, watches a family of gorillas grazing deep in the Congolese brush, has her heart broken one last time on a bridge in Lyon, and, ultimately, finds a path to life and joy. Includes several recipes.

ISBN: 9780147530394 0147530393

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Cooking
Depression in women.
Cooks
Canadians
Cooking
Cooks
Women cooks
Confectionery.
Appetizers.
Pastry.
Successful people
Cooking, French.
Businesswomen
Food writers

LC Class. No.: TX649.K35 / A3 2017

Dewey Class. No.: 641.5092 B