April 23, 2021
Beth Harpaz
AP – Erin French is a rising culinary star known for intimate gourmet dinners crafted from hyperlocal ingredients. Her magical restaurant, The Lost Kitchen, is located in an abandoned 19
th century mill in her tiny hometown of Freedom, Maine. There’s even a show about the restaurant on Chip and Joanna Gaines’ Magnolia Network.
Sounds like a classic American success story, right? But as is so often the case, success did not come easy. French chronicles her struggles, failures and triumphs in a lyrically written new memoir,
Finding Freedom.
The book begins with her idyllic childhood in rural Maine. But climbing trees and chasing frogs soon gives way to working long hours in her father’s diner. He’s a callous man who grins as his dog tears a live rooster to bits, and he won’t stop his drunk buddies from making inappropriate remarks about French’s teenage body.
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Review: In ‘Finding Freedom,’ a chef‘s struggles and success
This cover image released by Celadon shows Finding Freedom: A Cook s story Remaking a Life from Scratch by Erin French. (Celadon via AP)
Published April 20. 2021 8:23AM
By BETH HARPAZ, Associated Press
“Finding Freedom,” by Erin French (Celadon)
(Photo: Celadon via AP)
The title of the book is ‘Finding Freedom: A Cook s story Remaking a Life from Scratch,’ by Erin French (Celadon).
French is a rising culinary star known for intimate gourmet dinners crafted from hyperlocal ingredients.
Her magical restaurant, The Lost Kitchen, is located in an abandoned 19th-century mill in her tiny hometown of Freedom, Maine.
There’s even a show about the restaurant on Chip and Joanna Gaines’
Magnolia Network.
Sounds like a classic American success story, right? But as is so often the case, success did not come easy.
French chronicles her struggles, failures and triumphs in a lyrically written new memoir,
Beth Harpaz
This cover image released by Celadon shows Finding Freedom: A Cook s story Remaking a Life from Scratch by Erin French. (Celadon via AP) April 05, 2021 - 6:04 AM
âFinding Freedom,â by Erin French (Celadon)
Erin French is a rising culinary star known for intimate gourmet dinners crafted from hyperlocal ingredients. Her magical restaurant, The Lost Kitchen, is located in an abandoned 19th century mill in her tiny hometown of Freedom, Maine. Thereâs even a show about the restaurant on Chip and Joanna Gainesâ Magnolia Network.
Sounds like a classic American success story, right? But as is so often the case, success did not come easy. French chronicles her struggles, failures and triumphs in a lyrically written new memoir, âFinding Freedom.â