Badly Chopped Carrots and Everyday Dinners

By Anita Rogers Burrell,

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1 author picked Badly Chopped Carrots and Everyday Dinners as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

The perfect title reflects how imperfect life can be, so just accept it!

Is it a memoir or a cookery book? The recipes are there to add to the background story, as we know how popular cookery books are when we empathize with the person behind them. In this case, Anita’s view that food is the basis of making and keeping friends shines through.

Anita’s story is of a professional, mature Canadian relocating to rural Wales, with anecdotes about people and how they interact when spread widely across a rural area. Anyone from this county (including me) will instantly recognize…

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