Dinner with Edward: an uplifting story of food and friendship: A Story of an Unexpected Friendship

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Talk about the world's best job! A DOUGHNUT SCIENTIST reveals how she is creating a healthier future for bakery... Enjoyed reading this, delightful. Why did I read it? I wanted a food memoir to read for the Better World reading challenge and I saw a review for this by Katherine over at I Wish I Lived in a Library. I cringed a couple of times when Isabel vented about "men", and that she didn't want anything to do with them again. 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. After a "certain" age, people lose visibility. Losing one's gender is actually disheartening, which the young in this world of politically correct "gender neutral" wouldn't understand. An elderly man continues to be a MAN, perhaps frailer, greyer but still wants to be considered a MAN. Women suffer from the same invisibility, pooled into the greyscale with men. Isabel's remarks pointed out her insular life experience, and how much Edward's insights had jump started Isabel's growth. Jerry O'Connell hilariously reveals wife RebeccaRomijn 'complains' about his snoring - after Linda Evangelista ruled out dating Sex and the City star Cynthia Nixon begins HUNGER STRIKE in bid to trigger Israel-Hamas ceasefire: Is mom to two Jewish kids with her ex-husband

What a touching and indeed life-affirming read! Isabel, an investigative journalist, accepts to keep an eye on her best friend’s father, a nonagenarian recently widowed. Edward has a passion for food and invites her to amazing dinners, elaborate meals he puts together with time and effort, that demand to be savoured. In this sanctuary, the two start an unexpected friendship that helps them deal with their situations, one a crumbling marriage, the other the loss of the love of his life.Grace Dent's MasterChef co-star Gregg Wallace shuts down popular theory on why she quit I'm A Celeb Life-affirming, with no soppy sentiment. We all should have an Edward . . . [Vincent] does share a few of his cooking secrets. The one for flawless scrambled eggs (I tried it, with great success) is alone worth the price of the book." --Toronto Star

But the meals - omg. Do not read this book on an empty stomach! I wish there had been a recipe book attached to it, Edward can COOK. The dinner parties he hosted sounded fantastic, full of conversation and, more importantly, sumptuous food. When Vincent’s marriage was falling apart, she befriended the father of a friend, a recently widowed man in his 90s. Over weekly dinners prepared by Edward, the two began to share their stories. Food as a metaphor for emotional and psychological nourishment is far from a new conceit, but there is much to find endearing in Vincent’s memoir: Edward delivers life lessons with the same apparent ease as he cooks delicious French recipes. The Boy Who Followed His Father Into Auschwitz Great British Bake Off confirm fan favourite has left the Channel 4 show ahead of the final as viewers call for them to be made a 'fifth host' Sabrina Elba looks incredible in a figure-hugging brown gown as she attends the star-studded Wonka premiere

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Dua Lipa sets pulses racing in daring lace bodysuit and faux fur coat as she enjoys evening out in New York City I loved this story of friendship between a young 30-something woman, Isabel, and a 90-year-old man, Edward. He is the father of her good friend, Valerie, whose wife has just died. Valerie asks that Isabel visit her father because of his loneliness and grief, hoping a new friendship will keep him from being so depressed after his wife's death. Keri Russell goes casual in a sweatshirt and jeans as she appears at a Q&A panel for her Netflix series The DiplomatThank you @pushkin_press for gifting me a copy of Dinner with Edward to review! I read this for #NonFictionNovember (finally got another one under my belt, woo!), a moving memoir of a sweet friendship between Isabel Vincent, a journalist in New York who, at the time, was going through a marriage crisis, and Edward, a ninety-something-year-old who had just lost his wife of 69 years when the two were introduced by his daughter. Kate Middleton proves Omid Scobie's cruel Stepford Wife jibes are far from the truth - from abseiling cliffs in Wales to confident speeches Isabel starts going round to Edward’s apartment for delicious meals and life lessons, as the nonagenarian decided 20 years ago that his wife had done more than her fair share of cooking and wanted to cook for them, cultivating a veritable passion for food. I did think their friendship was lovely, although both are not without their flaws (something I feel mean saying because they’re both real people, we’re all flawed, duh). Some of Edward’s views were very much what you’d expect of a ninety-something-year-old, and honestly I thought Isabel was a bit selfish once she pulled through her crisis and found love again. I admit that as a foodie, I loved the descriptions of the food, the effortless way that Edward cooked. But I don’t think you have to be all that involved with food to love this novel. The friendship is the heart of the story. Isabel's] tonic is the example Edward sets of active engagement with the world and its delights, food being chief among them. Who wouldn't swoon of his dinners? . . . The story of their attachment unfolds like a genial dinner party where the conversation stays on the surface but the food goes deep and the host sets a buoyant tone." --The New York Times Book Review