Books Are Delicious!

As evidenced by my first blog post. I love Ruth. She's pretty awesome in every way. So, I'm a little ashamed that it took me so long to finally read Delicious! her first nonfiction book. My big sister scored me a copy of it at BookCon, so I really should have finished this book about a year ago instead of a month ago. 

It's a surprising narrative, following the story of a young aspiring journalist. Combining food, history, romance, family drama and an eclectic score of characters, Ruth paints a fascinating story about Billie and her life in New York. I've always loved Ruth's ability to write about food in such a way that you really feel like you could be eating or smelling whatever it is that's being described. The main character, Billie, has an incredible ability to pick out flavors and spices from anything that she eats, and gets wrapped up in the foodie world of NYC. I couldn't help but getting wrapped in her back story and how she comes into herself while working at Delicious! a food magazine. I don't want to ruin too much of the story (yunno if anyone out there is actually reading this) but the historical aspect of this story if fascinating. Billie discovers letters from a little girl to the editor of the magazine, letters that were written during WWII. They're absolutely adorable. 

If books could always combine food, history, and romance - I would be a happy camper. Ten out of ten, Ruth. Ten out of ten.