Book Review: “Chicken Soup for the Soul: Food and Love”

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Food and Love: 101 Stories Celebrating Special Times with Family and Friends… and Recipes Too!

By Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, and Amy Newmark
416 Pages (Paperback)
Date Published: November 22, 2011

ABOUT THE BOOK:

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Food and Love will stir up those delectable feelings and memories that certain aromas and tastes always bring. Readers will relish in the succulent and tasty stories on how love and food together played a flavorful part in life, leaving them with a divine aftertaste and a pungent yearning to read more.

MY THOUGHTS:

This is not a Chicken Soup book full of recipes but rather a book filled with stories and memories revolving around food.  When I think about it so many of my own stories and memories have a meal in them.  I pretty much always remember the food we ate surrounding special occasions or good times.  There were stories I could relate to in the book, like a pregnant women who craved steak during her pregnancy (she was a vegetarian though) or making a gravy mountain in your mashed potatoes and your spouse not understanding.  What I love too about Chicken Soup books is that the stories are only 2-3 pages each so you can read one or more at a time.  For a busy mom I sometimes only have time (and need) to read one story.

BUY IT: You can find Chicken Soup for the Soul books at your local bookstore or at Amazon.You can also check out the Chicken Soup for the Soul website for more information and you can even submit your own stories there!

WIN IT: (2) US/CAN winners will receive the book “Chicken Soup for the Soul: Food and Love”


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Mom and More Disclosure: I was sent this book to review in exchange for my honest opinion. Please see my Disclosure Policy.

Cher

View Comments

  • My parents kept sugar-laden cereal out of the house, but we were always guaranteed Froot Loops at grandma and grandpa's house every other summer when we visited! :)

  • Food Memories...as I am dieting right now....thinking of food is painful....but my fave memories are Thanksgivings--our large family of 45 people get together--and everyone has their signature dish they have to bring...Me--I bring Sweet Potato Casserole with Prailene Topping and 2 Pecan Pies...and Pilgrim Hat cookies...but I can so taste the homemade Sausage Stuffing!

  • My whole childhood was influenced by women who were fantastic cooks. To this day, when I want to comfort or heal someone, I start by cooking for them :)

  • I remember when I was little my parents would not let me get up from the table until all of my food was eaten. I remember one particularly bad night (I had already been there for a long time, crying, begging to be done). I ended up getting sick in my food.

  • The smell of chicken soup reminds me of being back in my childhood days. Comforting.

  • I have great memories of eating the cute little curls on the top of my mom's lemon meringue pie
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