From the prominent New York Times food writer, a memoir
recounting the tough life lessons she learned from a
generation of female cooks-including Marion Cunningham,
Alice Waters, Ruth Reichl, Rachael Ray, and Marcella Hazan.
Somewhere between the lessons her mother taught her as a
child and the ones she is now trying to teach her own
daughter, Kim Severson stumbled. She lost sight of what
mattered, of who she was and who she wanted to be, and of
how she wanted to live her life. It took a series of women
cooks to reteach her the life lessons she forgot-and some
she had never learned in the first place. Some as small as a
spoonful, and others so big they saved her life, the best
lessons she found were delivered in the kitchen. Told in
Severson's frank, often funny, always perceptive style,
Everything I Need to Know I Learned in the Kitchen weaves
together the stories of eight important cooks with the
lessons they taught her-lessons that seemed to come right
when she needed them most. We follow Kim's journey from an
awkward adolescent to an adult who channeled her passions
into failing relationships, alcohol, and professional
ambition, almost losing herself in the process. Finally as
Severson finds sobriety and starts a family of her own, we
see her mature into a strong, successful woman, as we learn
alongside her. An emotionally rich, multilayered memoir and
an inspirational, illuminating series of profiles of the
most influential women in the world of food, Everything I
Need to Know I Learned in the Kitchen is Severson's story
and the story of the women who came before her-and
ultimately, a testament to the wisdom that can be found in
the kitchen.
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