Two books highlight the role of food in creating the comfort of home

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🗓️ 21 October 2022

⏱️ 19 minutes

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In this episode, we share two interviews on books that look at the ways in which food and family go hand in hand. First, NPR's Scott Simon talks to singer Linda Ronstadt about her memoir Feels Like Home, in which she writes about living by the Mexican-American border and how food brought her closer to those around her. Then, Scott Simon visits French chef Jaques Pepin at his house to talk about his book Art of the Chicken. Pepin tells Simon that cooking a good meal at home helps him hold on to the memory of his late wife. Both books feature recipes close to the writers' hearts.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's NPR's book of the day. I'm Andrew Limbaugh. I've been to gatherings and dinner parties at
0:07.6	friends places, and they've been in everything from, you know, cramped crappy apartments to
0:12.4	fix her upper houses where the handrail to climb up the stairs to get to the half-finished
0:17.3	bathroom is kind of sketched and the lights don't work either, so you just got to take it slow.
0:22.1	But it's always interesting to see how little it actually takes to turn a house into a home.
0:27.5	All you need really is some good food and good people.
0:30.8	In a bit, we'll talk to one of the masters of the former Jacques Papin.
0:34.4	But first, this singer Linda Ronstadt recently talked to NPR Scott Simon about her memoir
0:39.5	feels like home. In the U.S., national security news can feel far away from daily life. Distant wars,
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1:04.8	Which is part love letter to the Mexican-American border and part recipe book.
1:10.2	And in this interview, she offers one
1:12.4	magical piece of advice. Get to know your neighbors. You know, odds are they're good people.
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1:42.1	Linda Ronstats feel like home is an album of loves.
1:46.4	For the high desert of Sonora and our hometown of Tucson, shown through photos by Bill Steen,
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