Recipe Weekend: Recipe for Disaster 40 Superstar Stories of Sustenance and Survival by Alison Riley

 Disclosure / Disclaimer: I received this ebook, free of charge,from Chronicle Books via Netgalley, for review purposes on this blog. No other compensation, monetary or in kind, has been received or implied for this post. Nor was I told how to post about it. All opinions are my own. 

Synopsis:

Recipe for Disaster is a collection of stories and recipes—from a veritable who’s who from the worlds of food, music, art, literature, activism, fashion, and pop culture—about finding comfort in food, surviving the unthinkable, and living to tell about both.

Discover how getting dumped led to author Samantha Irby's Rejection Chicken. Comedian Sarah Silverman tells of the power of the humble Pinwheel cookie that got her through bouts of crippling childhood depression. Culinary legend Alice Waters reflects on how a perfectly dressed salad has carried her and her chosen family through loneliness and uncertainty. Here are forty recipes—some traditional, some unconventional—that commemorate the low points with the same culinary conviction with which we celebrate the highs. Part cookbook, part candid confessions, this book of good food for bad times reminds us that even the worst of days yield something worth sharing.

Review:

An interesting book, there are 27 recipes, and 27 stories of  distaster- personal, emotion, career, romatic and more. It's all covered here with colored photographic graphics nad pictures of the food. The recipes range from simple, made with pantry items, to more complex with ethnic based ingredients. This might be a cookbook to add to a gift basket for a friend/family member going through rough times, to help cheer them, that you are there for them.

Recipe:

here;s a simple recipe from the book, that's easy to make and comforting: Basil Pasta!

About the Author:

Alison Riley is a writer and creative director based in Brooklyn and Hudson, NY. She is also the founder of the paper and text studio Set Editions. Originally from Cambridge, MA, she moved to New York City to study creative writing at Barnard College and has spent the last twenty-five years working inside brands and businesses and as consigliere to creators of all kinds, from musicians to art directors, and writers to fashion designers. This is her first book.