"Leopard," my mother used to say, "is my favorite neutral."
This is a short, sweet memoir packed with some great lines. Don't you feel you already know her mother just by reading that one line about leopard print? Can't you picture the kind of jewelry she might wear, the way she would walk into a room, or even what her voice might sound like?
I enjoyed this quick read, learning about the difference between the people who worked in the kitchen or the front room, the local dives in the area, the antics of the Harvard students. Be warned, it does have the same downfall as all restaurant memoirs: the descriptions of wonderful food will make you hungry!
Quotation source: Charlotte Au Chocolate: Memories of a Restaurant Girlhood by Charlotte Silver, p. 89.