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Love, Loss, and What We Ate: A Memoir by Padma Lakshmi

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tbose22's review against another edition

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emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

I think this is the first celebrity memoir I’ve read - I enjoyed it overall, I had no idea about so much of her life story. I found the writing very honest, the perspective she has re: her past added a lot for me. Her descriptions of India, her family in India, and certain foods were very relatable. 
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emotional hopeful inspiring slow-paced

5.0

 Book Format & Source: Paperback received as a gift from a friend

Review & Thoughts:

  • This was a slower-paced read than what I normally enjoy but it was 100% worth the time. Slower writing style but very engaging. It was a wonderful, emotional read.
  • Padma has been through so much trauma. As a young child she experienced sexual abuse. As an adult she experienced divorce and the diagnosis of endometriosis; something that had caused her chronic pain since starting her first period at a young age. She was in a terrible car accident with her mother and father where her arm was shattered and she was lucky to have made it out alive.
  • One of the most important themes and lessons learned is the importance of staying true and embracing who you are, not who society wants you to be.
  • One of my favorite things about the book is the way she included recipes throughout the book, mirroring the way recipes and food are woven throughout our lives, almost like a playlist.
  • The ONLY thing I didn’t like about the book was that it didn’t contain a recipe index. I made notes while reading to share it with you for reference:
    • 67 – Kumquat and ginger chutney
    • 85 – Yogurt rice
    • 94 – Chaatpati Chutney
    • 99 – Chili cheese toast
    • 101 – Cranberry drano
    • 250 – Egg in a hole
    • 260 – Kichidi
    • 302 – Krishna’s pickled peppers
    • 309 – Applesauce for Teddy
  • Content warnings: racism, chronic pain, car accidents/major injury in a vehicle, sexual abuse
Favorite Quotes:

  • Moving between India and the states brought changes that left me perpetually confused and feeling like an outsider. I had on door in each culture, but no firm footing in either of them. p 72
  • Because just as everybody is not meant to be a size 4, we all are meant to be different sizes at different times in our lives. We are meant to eat different things at different moments. Our needs shift as life shifts. p 276
  • The two things I remember about every important day or evening of my life are what I wore and what I ate. In fact, I can say with great conviction that food has played a central role not only in my professional but also in my emotional life, in all of my dealings with loved ones and most of all in my relationship to myself and my body. I am what feeds me. And how I feed myself at any given moment says a lot about what I’m going through or what I need. p 273
Recommend for: Anyone that enjoys memoirs even if you don’t know who Padma is!

My Review Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥ 

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