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A Homemade Life is a 2009 culinary memoir by American writer Molly Wizenberg, known for founding the food blog Orangette. The book links personal essays about family, grief, travel, relationships, and domestic life with recipes connected to the experiences being narrated. Rather than functioning as a conventional reference cookbook, it is organized around autobiographical storytelling and is intended for readers interested in both home cooking and food-centered memoir.
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Is A Homemade Life a cookbook or a memoir?
It is both: Molly Wizenberg combines personal essays about family, grief, travel, and relationships with 50 recipes. The full title is A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table. [Molly Wizenberg](https://www.mollywizenberg.com/books).
What happened to Molly Wizenberg's father in the book?
The memoir includes the eggs she cooked for her father during the weeks before his death from cancer, and it uses food to process grief. Wizenberg's publisher describes the book as a life story with the kitchen at its center. [Simon & Schuster](https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/A-Homemade-Life/Molly-Wizenberg/9781416551065).
Which recipes are featured in A Homemade Life?
Named recipes include Cider-Glazed Salmon, Pistachio Cake with Honeyed Apricots, and Double Chocolate Cupcakes with Ricotta, Bourbon, and Orange Zest. The book also connects recipes such as her mother's pound cake to childhood memories. [Simon & Schuster](https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/A-Homemade-Life/Molly-Wizenberg/9781416551065).
How is A Homemade Life connected to Orangette?
Molly Wizenberg started the Orangette blog in July 2004 and later turned her food writing into this 2009 book. Her site says she initially thought she was writing a cookbook, but the project became a memoir with 50 recipes. [Molly Wizenberg](https://www.mollywizenberg.com/books) and [Orangette](https://orangette.net/about/).
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