The Recipe Box - a novel by Viola Shipman

I received a DIGITAL Advance Reader Copy of this book from #NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

It's Poppy here ... once again I "stole" my sister's kindle so I could read and review.

From the publisher - Growing up in northern Michigan, Samantha “Sam” Mullins felt trapped on her family’s orchard and pie shop, so she left with dreams of making her own mark in the world. But life as an overworked, undervalued sous chef at a reality star’s New York bakery is not what Sam dreamed. When the chef embarrasses Sam, she quits and returns home. Unemployed, single, and defeated, she spends a summer working on her family’s orchard cooking and baking alongside the women in her life—including her mother, Deana, and grandmother, Willo. One beloved, flour-flecked, ink-smeared recipe at a time, Sam begins to learn about and understand the women in her life, her family’s history, and her passion for food through their treasured recipe box. As Sam discovers what matters most she opens her heart to a man she left behind, but who now might be the key to her happiness.

This book is going to make me gain 20 more pounds - I didn't even finish the first chapter before I started looking to see if we had enough apples to make apple crisp! We all know what is involved with "running home to momma" in real life and in fiction and Viola Shipman writes this so well! Food _+ romance equals a wonderful way to spend a very cold and snowy day inside.-- thanks, Ms. Shipman for a great book to get lost in.