All Things Edible Random & Odd

<span><p dir=ltr><b><span>Through lyrical and intimate personal essays </span><span><i>All Things Edible Random and Odd </i></span><span>delivers a portrait not just of a father who died but of a daughter who kept living. </span></b></p><p dir=ltr><span>Sheila Squillante's heartfelt and humorous essays introduce us to a father-a 1980s businessman and early adopter of the term foodie—and a daughter’s complicated grief. It also moves beyond that grief to embrace the intricacies and delights of how life grows from it. </span><br></p><p dir=ltr><span>Food remains central throughout the collection with essays that serve up a menu (and sometimes recipes!) of Hawaiian beach seaweed turtle soup and fermented Icelandic shark. Nostalgia clashes with reality through stories connecting memories to taste.</span><br></p><p dir=ltr><span>With poetic prose Squillante expresses the complexities of unresolved relationships the importance of shared experiences and how family and food make us who we are.</span><br></p></span>