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Dinner with Edward: A Story of an Unexpected Friendship

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It's a tale of two friends sharing views on life over gloriously cooked meals that ends up changing the course of each other's lives. Plot Well there isn't one but there is a wonderful accounting of Edward in his nineties and Isabel who is in an unhappy marriage. Edward is an amazing man, a man who wholeheartedly loved his wife, loves to cook and entertain, Isabel is in a troubled marriage, a journalist who is working in New York.

Isabel is going through a stormy time in her married life, and Edward helps her look at her life, as she tries to decide what she wants and what to do next. Over several years, and many dinners, the two work through their grief and come to closure, whether about death or divorce. Isabel turned out to mean quite a bit to me too since we share a similar heritage - my parents emigrated from Portugal but to Belgium, not Canada, and I’ve lived most of my adult life in London. Edward has just lost his wife and Isabel’s friend (who lives out of state) asks her to check in on him by letting him prepare her dinner a few nights a week.You can see my review as well as a recipe for Shrimp and Corn chowder inspired by the book on my blogpost here: http://kahakaikitchen.

Rich with description of meals savored, losses grieved, and moments cherished, it's at once tender, revealing, and utterly enchanting! Although the food (I am partial to the roast chicken, lovingly described) is excellent, it is the charming and effortlessly wise company that makes this sweet read a charming way to pass a day.Isabel, struggling over her crumbling marriage, and Edward, a man in his 90s who is grieving over the recent death of his wife, strike up a friendship over weekly dinners. Isabel and Edward usually meet over a delicious meal that he has put much thought, time and effort into creating. As Edward and Isabel meet weekly for the glorious dinners that Edward prepares, he shares so much more than his recipes for apple galette or the perfect martini, or even his tips for deboning poultry.

There was an especially annoying dialogue where he described why he liked women, what with their soft femininity. engage in a series of discussions, from the importance of beauty, to living after loss, to the power of love to redeem and renew, to how to make a succulent duck breast. Each chapter starts with the menu of a dinner that Edward cooked (An example: Grilled Sirloin Steak, Sauce Bourguignonne, New Potatoes, Chocolate Souffle, Malbec) and the food is talked about as well as life lessons. Edward was a charming Southern gentleman who had come to New York hoping for an acting career, although he ended up working as a welder and a tailor.I'm not sure if she intended for the reader to feel the nuances of her remark, or was truly unaware of the ageism in it. But within a few pages he tearfully recounts visiting his father on his death bed some 55 years earlier.

The mc was unsympathetic, and although I didn't like her (ex) husband either, I was unimpressed with her constant negative descriptions of him (especially since he himself had no actually voice in the book), no matter how true they may be. What follows is Isabel Vincent's memoir of those meals, of her friendship with the multi-talented and faceted Edward and the life changes for both. I fell in love with Edward, it was hard not to, he is such an elegant, intelligent man, a man who only uses the best.At first, all I could concentrate on were the descriptions of food (luscious) and indeed of New York (fascinating). Edward had a gift of enjoying life to the fullest--from making new friends to baking perfect apricot souffles. stars Isabel Vincent is in her forties, with a crumbling marriage, newly employed by Th New York Post and has relocated with her family to New York from Toronto after a career spent primarily as a foreign correspondent.

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