Ruth Reichl, food critic for The New York Times, editor of Gourmet Magazine and author of best selling memoirs Tender at the Bone (2008) and Not Becoming My Mother (2009), makes her fiction debut with Delicious!
Billie Breslin has traveled far from her home in California to take a job at Delicious!, New York’s most iconic food magazine. When Delicious! is abruptly shut down, Billie agrees to stay on in the empty office, maintaining the hotline for reader complaints in order to pay her bills.
To Billie’s surprise, the lonely job becomes the portal to a miraculous discovery -- a cache of letters written during World War II by plucky twelve-year-old Lulu Swan to the legendary chef James Beard. Lulu’s letters provide Billie with a richer understanding of history, and a feeling of deep connection to the young writer whose courage in the face of hardship inspires Billie to comes to terms with her fears, her family and her ability to open her heart to love.
"Reichl's vivid descriptions of food will have readers salivating, and an insider's look at life at a food magazine is fascinating. Her satisfying coming-of-age novel of love and loss vividly demonstrates the power of food to connect people across cultures and generations." - Library Journal Reviews
