A Slice of Life
By: Margaret Lake
Rating: 4 of 5
This is a quick read novella about Grace. Grace is a woman of 37 who has been painfully shy her entire life. The one place she feels confident is as the chef in her family-owned restaurant. When the recession hits and it looks like the restaurant will suffer, Grace comes up with an idea to try to save the jobs of those who work with her. She wants to write a cookbook featuring recipes from people she meets.
The thing is, she never meets anyone new. She forces herself to leave the cocoon of the restaurant (even her apartment is the upper floor in the same building.) She decides to take a bus and try to talk to people and get them to give her recipes.