In the Kitchen

I would never want to get all that pally With Miss Monica Ali We’d be dining on oysters on the left bank of the Seine Or we’d be flying over Bali in her own private plane And she’d say “Hey, what did you think of In The Kitchen?” And I’d go hot and cold and my skin would be itchin’ I’d say “Brick Lane was......more

This may not be everybody's cup of tea, but I found this story to be at times absolutely excruciating -- and I couldn't put it down. I got the book on the strength of my great admiration for "Brick Lane," and as a writer and storyteller, Monica Ali continues to be impressive. In this case, her main c......more

I did not, unfortunately, love "Brick Lane" but after enjoying a small slice of kitchen life in Anna Gavalda's "Hunting and Gathering", I was tempted by the title of this book when I found it at a church book sale and thought I should give Ali another try. What I found was a compelling novel about........more

The 500plus pages of "In the Kitchen" leave me pretty confused. What did Monica Ali want with this novel? I picked it up a couple of years ago at Foyle's on Charing Cross Street in London wanting to read a Londonish book that dealt with the fast changes this metropolis had gone through, but read it......more

Comme beaucoup, j'avais adoré le premier livre de Monica Ali "Brick Lane" (bizarrement traduit en français "Sept mers et treize rivières") Aussi avais-je offert à ma veille Maman son second "En cuisine", espérant que cette cuisinière émérite s'intéresserait aux entrelacs complexes de cette romancière......more