{"product_id":"aftertaste-meredith-mileti-9780758259912","title":"Aftertaste","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\"A smart, gripping novel rich with the right ingredients--an honest telling of love, anger, forgiveness and the binding power of food\" (Susan Gregg Gilmore).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Mira Rinaldi lives life at a rolling boil. Co-owner of Grappa, a chic New York City trattoria, she has an enviable apartment, a brand-new baby, and a frenzied schedule befitting her success.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Everything changes the night she catches her husband, Jake, \"wielding his whisk\" with Grappa's new ma羡ress d'hel. Mira's fiery response earns her a court-ordered stint in anger management--and a legal and personal predicament as she battles to save her restaurant and pick up the pieces of her life.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Luckily, Mira can fall back on family and friends in Pittsburgh as she struggles to find a recipe for happiness. Then, thanks to some surprising developments back in New York, she has a sudden opportunity to win back what she thought she had lost forever. For Mira, cooking has always brought pleasure in filling others' needs. But the time has come to decide where her own fulfillment lies . . .\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Keenly observed and deeply satisfying, this novel is \"a delicious debut\" about the singular contentment that comes with living--and loving--with gusto (Jamie Cat Callan, author of \u003cem\u003eFrench Women Don't Sleep Alone\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"There are scores of wonderful scenes of Mira either cooking up a storm or eating her way through Pittsburgh from the perfect biscotti at Bruno's Bakery, to Italian sausages and cheese from The Pennsylvania Macaroni Factory to oversized sandwiches at Primanti Brothers (it's enough to make you want to hop on the next plane to Pittsburgh) . . . Meredith Mileti's debut novel is as thoughtful and poignant as it is wickedly funny. It is one to savor--recipes included.\" --\u003cem\u003eNew York Journal of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Meredith Mileti\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0758259913\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780758259912\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kensington Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 386\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.56w x 1.19d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2011 pg. 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRomantic Times\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2011 pg. 52 - Excellent","brand":"Meredith Mileti","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43988236501247,"sku":"9780758259912","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_deb00154-2fd8-4b28-880d-9f1a4c60d785.jpg?v=1683293386","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/aftertaste-meredith-mileti-9780758259912","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}