In this funny, frank, and tender memoir, the author of the New
York Times bestseller A Homemade Life and the blog Orangette recounts how opening a
restaurant sparked the first crisis of her young marriage.
When Molly Wizenberg married Brandon Pettit, he was a
trained composer with a handful of offbeat interests: espresso machines, wooden
boats, violin-building, and ice cream–making. So when Brandon decided to open a
pizza restaurant, Molly was supportive—not because she wanted him to do it but
because the idea was so far-fetched she didn’t think he would. Before she knew
it, he’d signed a lease on a space. The restaurant, Delancey, was going to be a
reality, and all of Molly’s assumptions about her marriage were about to
change.
Together they built Delancey: gutting and renovating the
space on a cobbled-together budget, developing a menu, hiring staff, and
passing inspections. Delancey became a success, and Molly tried to convince
herself that she was happy in their new life until—in the heat and pressure of
the restaurant kitchen—she realized that she hadn’t been honest with herself or
Brandon.
With evocative photos by Molly and twenty new recipes for
the kind of simple, delicious food that chefs eat at home, Delancey is a
moving and honest account of two young people learning to give in and let go in
order to grow together.
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