Everything is Under Control: A Memoir with Recipes

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This is a story about a difficult friendship, a complicated relationship, and post-partum depression. Not everything is as it seems, and there can be a lot more going on in a relationship than you might expect. A chef and food writer debuts with a lean memoir that revisits seminal moments from her past through tightly composed vignettes. Grant’s point of view is uniquely sensual and grounding. Think James Salter meets Ruth Reichel meets Marguerite Duras . . . She writes with grace and passion not only about cooking but feasting, family, falling in love and falling apart. She also writes extremely well about healing. When I finished this book, I felt more alive." -- Joanna Hershon, New York Magazine's The Strategist But that is not the biggest problem. The greater worries lie elsewhere, in the abuse of office and the threats to freedom. Some politicians are already making power grabs, as in Hungary, where the government is seeking an indefinite state of emergency. Israel’s prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, appears to see the crisis as a chance to evade a trial for corruption. What I didn't expect was this book also being very political. It's set in Ohio during the 2016 election year. The way it ridicules republicans made me a bit uncomfortable. I'm not against expressing your political views in a story but what I don't like is when a book perpetuates this constant hate and war between people which we already see every day online.

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I think this book could be very much appreciated by mothers because it portrays all the joys and struggles of giving birth and caring for a newborn in detail. As someone who is already terrified of becoming a mother in the future, it just made my fear more pronounced. But, I guess, it also prepared me a bit in what to expect both in emotional and physical terms. Jan. 21: The first U.S. case is announced in Washington state (as well as Vietnam and Singapore). WHO says the virus risk globally is high. Phyllis Grant’s Everything Is Under Control is a memoir about appetite as it comes, goes, and refocuses its object of desire. Grant’s story follows the sometimes smooth, sometimes jagged, always revealing contours of her life: from her days as a dancer struggling to find her place at Julliard, to her experiences in and out of four-star kitchens in New York City, to falling in love with her future husband and leaving the city after 9/11 for California, where her children are born. All the while, a sense of longing pulses in each stage as she moves through the headspace of a young woman longing to be sustained by a city into that of a mother now sustaining a family herself. In a news conference that day, Trump says the United States is “really prepared.” He puts Vice President Mike Pence in charge of the White House task force.

I listened to the audiobook version and the narrator did such a splendid job that I was pulled in from the very beginning. I went into it not expecting much but it was so beautifully written and narrated that I changed my mind from the very first chapter. It mainly dealt with pregnancy and after birth situations while shedding a light on how men should be equally involved in raising a child, especially when the child is an infant. I've realized that a lot of time THAT is when couples fall apart, after birth. The women have to go through so much and most of the time there is a minimum input from the males, and during this time women are not only going through so much physical but also emotional changes that it eventually leads to anger and irritation if the partner is not helping in small tasks like changing the diaper, trimming their nails, giving them a bath etc. It's always women who have to give up on their life, not just professional but they become dependant even for something basic like taking a shower. I could feel the character's pain and irritation through every step and boyyyyyy THE PLOT TWIST ufff. Let's just say it was a VERY INTERESTING READ. Definitely recommending it to everyone. She captures the unifiying nature of motherhood—No one cares about your race, religion, or sexual preference if the woman next to you has a wet wipe when you need one.China has been working very hard to contain the Coronavirus. The United States greatly appreciates their efforts and transparency. It will all work out well. In particular, on behalf of the American People, I want to thank President Xi! We think we have it very well under control. We have very little problem in this country at this moment — five. … we think it’s going to have a very good ending for it.” The power is in the vignettes Grant writes about love and parenting, growing up and settling down, baby food and wedding cake and Vicodin—all of which ring dead-true even though you don't know Grant yourself. You'll steamroll through it. And then you'll start cooking." -- Sarah Rense, Esquire My son speed-climbs up onto my hip, charmingly invading my personal space in the way only a five-year-old can.