Recipe Club

<p><strong>Andrea Israel and Nancy Garfinkel have written an absorbing novel that reflects the wisdom of MFK Fisher namely that there is no separating food and dining from family and friends. . . . A satisfying meal for both body and soul. -- Sara Moulton</strong><strong><br/></strong></p><p><strong>Loyalty loss and the ties that bind: These are the ingredients of <em>The Recipe Club</em> a novel cookbook that combines an authentic story of friendship with more than eighty delicious recipes.</strong></p><p>Lifelong friends Lilly and Val are united as much by their differences as by their similarities. In childhood LillyPad and ValPal form an exclusive two-person club writing intimate letters in which they share hopes fears deepest secrets . . . and recipes--from Lilly's Lovelorn Lasagna to Valerie's Forgiveness Tapenade. The Recipe Club sustains Lilly and Val's bond across the decades: through the challenges of independence the joys and heartbreaks of first love and the emotional complexities of family relationships identity mortality and goals deferred--until the fateful day when an act of kindness becomes an unforgivable betrayal.</p>