Book

Weiss, Luisa.

My Berlin kitchen : a love story, with recipes / Luisa Weiss.

New York : Viking, 2012.

302 pages ; 24 cm

The story of how one thoroughly confused, kitchen-mad perfectionist broke off her engagement to a handsome New Yorker, quit her dream job, and found her way to a new life, a new man, and a new home in Berlin -- one recipe at a time.

Weiss, Luisa.

Weiss, Luisa -- Homes and haunts -- Germany -- Berlin.

Weiss, Luisa -- Marriage.

Cooking -- Psychological aspects.

Cooking, German.

Cooking, Italian.

Cooking, French.

Berlin (Germany) -- Biography.

Cookbooks.

Includes index.

Introduction: A strange little island. -- Part 1. 1. I never want to leave -- 2. The apple of his eye -- 3. A distant memory -- 4. An unfair advantage -- 5. My Sicilian uncle -- 6. The matter of breakfast -- 7. Depression stew -- 8. At first sight -- 9. Not at all ready. -- Part 2. 10. I fell hard and fast -- 11. The Wednesday Chef -- 12. So easy -- 13. A divided heart -- 14. Everything you could ever want -- 15. It shook me awake -- 16. Eating for heartbreak. -- Part 3. 17. A solemn oath -- 18. I believe it now -- 19. Leap and the net will appear -- 20. A chorus of thousands -- 21. Crossroads of the world. -- Part 4. 22. Not for the faint of heart -- 23. Light and sparkle -- 24. That sacred space -- 25. Bitter greens -- 26. Breaking the spell -- 27. Yearning with a vengeance -- 28. I'll get it right next time -- 29. I decide to be brave -- 30. Friends and neighbors -- 31. We've come a long way -- 32. Turning up the heat -- 33. Such abundance -- 34. Stunningly complete. -- Part 5. 35. The happiest man in the world -- 36. Thanksgiving in Berlin -- 37. Something of an epiphany -- 38. Full of rewards -- 39. The perfect place -- 40. All of me -- 41. The luckiest girl. -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

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