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My First Popsicle: An Anthology of Food and Feelings

My First Popsicle: An Anthology of Food and Feelings

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  • Create Date：2022-11-03 03:21:48
  • Update Date：2025-09-06
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  • Author：Zosia Mamet
  • ISBN：0143137298
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Reviews

Rhonda Lomazow ，

Zosia Mamet has collected a wonderful group of essays about food，Each essay shares the authors stories their emotional connections to certain dishes along with their loved recipes。I really enjoyed these personal essays from cooking after divorce to remembering the taste of certain dishes thatbrings the author back to a place and time。A。 really enjoyable anthology。Thanks to Penguin for my gifted copy，

Catalina ，

Great idea， but the actual execution is a bit hit and miss。 As it is now， I would class this as a coffee table book and that's a shame， as it could be so much more。 My First Popsicle could be an unusual cook book or it could be a lovely collection of essay with the added bonus of a collection of recipes。 In order to achieve this， it needs a good dose of editing。 Instead of including 1000 stories， some just a few lines long， it should be reduce to does few who really deliver on the aim of collect Great idea， but the actual execution is a bit hit and miss。 As it is now， I would class this as a coffee table book and that's a shame， as it could be so much more。 My First Popsicle could be an unusual cook book or it could be a lovely collection of essay with the added bonus of a collection of recipes。 In order to achieve this， it needs a good dose of editing。 Instead of including 1000 stories， some just a few lines long， it should be reduce to does few who really deliver on the aim of collection。 In the process elevating the book to another level， and it does deserve that as some of the stories are so touching， while others are so funny it made me want to read more by those authors。 Book from NetGalley with many thanks to the publisher！ 。。。more

Debumere ，

I admit I requested this ARC， from NetGalley， because of the Author and I’m not a ‘foodie’ but I really loved some of these stories。 From Sushi with the legendary Jiro to simple cookies， it even reminded me of food that brought me back to happy times。 To this day my paternal Granny made the best scrambled eggs and no-one has ever come close。 I even got the coveted， fancy， ‘scrambled egg’ plate after she died。 An excellent collection of stories， of which at least one or two， you can relate to。

Niamh ，

I was very kindly given an e-ARC of this book via Netgalley and Icon Books。A collection of essays， recipes and musings by a variety of writers and famous faces， 'My First Popsicle' gives its authors a simple thesis - talk about food and feelings。 Some take it very literally， writing short comments about the food that brings them the most joy， food that brings nostalgia for childhoods both happy and sad， food that summons the seasons。 Others ruminate on life， on wellness， on friendship and relati I was very kindly given an e-ARC of this book via Netgalley and Icon Books。A collection of essays， recipes and musings by a variety of writers and famous faces， 'My First Popsicle' gives its authors a simple thesis - talk about food and feelings。 Some take it very literally， writing short comments about the food that brings them the most joy， food that brings nostalgia for childhoods both happy and sad， food that summons the seasons。 Others ruminate on life， on wellness， on friendship and relationships and how food integrates itself into these experiences。I really enjoyed this book。 Like all essay collections， there are a few I didn't get on with， but more that I loved。 It felt very comforting to read。 It made me think about food and feelings in my own life， of things cooked by my grandmothers， of food experiences I've shared。 Certainly， the essay that spoke to me was about 'solitude food' vs 'sad food' - something I feel as though my university years were littered with。 Zosia Mamet's closing essay was also a particular highlight because of how delightfully Christmas-y it was。 Yes， it's October， but it's still a wonderful part of the season。 There's no rhyme or reason to the contributors and that gave this collection a real charm。 The seasoned essayist and writers rub shoulders with actors and TV personalities that made everything seem just a bit more personal。 If you're a food lover， run don't walk to pick up this collection and sink into it like a grilled cheese in a bowl of tomato soup。 'My First Popsicle' will be available November 3rd。 。。。more

Rebecca ，

Thanks to the publisher， via Netgalley， for an advance e-galley for honest review。Food is something that people have so many different experiences and feelings about， and in My First Popsicle， the wide array of people editor Zosia Mamet brings together make for a really warm， charming collection。 Some are tender， some are funny， but they all do a really good job evoking the food and memories that the writers are sharing。