Stuffed: Adventures of a Restaurant Family Audiobook

" Actually listening on cd but wanted the cover to show. It's very poignant, sweet, bittersweet. Yesterday, after Disc 2, I finally gave up on this because the stories were so intense, so full of description, so filled with large portions of personalities that I could not finish it. Perhaps I could have finished if I had read it rather than listened to it. But, I felt the way I do after a large piece of fudge-overwhelmed with cloying sweetness. I know it would be a good read, a nibble at a time, but I am currently stuffed! "

" An overview of her family with an emphasis on the foods they cooked and ate, this was a good book. Almost every chapter focused on a different family member. The only disappointment is that there was so much focus on the negative memories that the author and her parents had of their relatives, instead of the happy memories. "

" An interesting memoir of e family who brought pastrami to NYC. Very sweet, very readable. "

" Not terrible, but I honestly doubt I'd have stayed with it if I had it in print rather than audio. With the subtitle, I guess I thought there'd be more about time spent in the actual restaurants and the running thereof. For most of the book she devotes one chapter to each eccentric Jewish New York relative, mostly great-aunts and great-uncles but also parents, grandparents, sister, and beloved long-term housekeeper. Parts of it are pretty interesting and/or funny, but I think someone who is Jewish or from New York or both would enjoy this much more than I. "

" Cute family memoir. I love NYC Jewish culture, this book really puts it out there. Also, like the food descriptions. Should eat before reading it for a long time or you'll end craving some strange things, like cucumber salad or fricassee. "

" Patricia Volk's memoir is stunning. Her family is full of compelling, complex, flawed, beautiful characters that I started to see my family members in a different way. While food definitely plays a prominent role in Volk's life, the book is not quite the culinary memoir that I had anticipated. It's better. "

" I enjoyed this book as an audiobook from Library2Go. The narrator was perfect, with her Jewish accent and pronunciations. The story itself had very little to do with restaurants and more to do with families and familial relationships. Overall I enjoyed this book. "

" A great summer time read- what a hoot! I laughed out loud! "

" I didn't read the reviews or really expect anything out of this book when I first started it. I just happened to pick it up at the library. It is not a restaurant memoir, it is a memoir on a family that had restaurants. Just so you know. It's delightful and an easy, quick read. "

" I found this book to be very humorous. Events that happened in ms. Volk's family are so easily applicable to my non-Jewish family! "

" Some of this book was really funny. Some of it was REALLY sad. Overall it was a story about an interesting family told by a woman I could identify with quite a bit. Note to my sister: you are on your own if you decide to get a facelift -- ICK! "

" It was ok... A series of vignettes about her family, with no overall story arch. Boring in places and a bit overly sentimental. "

" I'm torn between a 2 star or 3 star rating. I feel betrayed by the title. It was a good book. Maybe even great. But the title just had me wondering about restaurants. "

" I wish it has been more restaurant and less family. I did enjoy the New York aspect, but would have appreciated more food history. "

" Patricia Volk is a baby boomer, like me. She's a little older. Many of her stories are mine stories. One chapter is devoted to all the diets that she has been on from A-Z. I've been there. Touhing story, light read. "

" The food tastes so good. "

" A funny and touching memoir of the author's Jewish family, owners of restaurants in New York City from 1888-1988. "

" I am so in love with Patricia Volk's writing. Great read. "

" Some interesting vignettes, but overall very disjointed. I tried to get into it but eventually just lost interest. "

" If you aren't part of her family, this book should have no interest to you. I kept going on this book knowing that it had to get better. It didn't. A complete waste of time. "

" This looks like a good book. It is for bookclub this month. I need to read it before September 14. Viva la 14 days. "

" Too much family. Not enough food. "

" My neighbor gave me this book, which I'm glad she did because I usually just stick to fiction and this is an incredible memoir of the author and her very influential upbringing, both on her and the city of NY. Plus recipes! "

" Not usually a big fan of the memoir genre, but this one was great. Really evocative writing about food. "

" I LOVED this book, it made me laugh out loud and weep like a baby. It made me want to be in her family and at the same time reminded me why I LOVE my family so much. Any book that revolves around food is a hit with me. "

" Fast, interesting read. Funny, poignant family memoir without being overly sappy or shocking. Just a normal family who happened to be at the heart of New York restaurant life and history for a time. "

" I wish it has been more restaurant and less family. I did enjoy the New York aspect, but would have appreciated more food history. "

" This is a funny, but poignant memoir. She captures various members of her family in the context of what she ate with them or what they fixed for her to eat. "

" Little about food and really about her Jewish Family history. Boring and self-indulgent. "

" A great vacation book...quite a kick. "

" If you aren't part of her family, this book should have no interest to you. I kept going on this book knowing that it had to get better. It didn't. A complete waste of time. "

" Lots of fun, esp. if you are Jewish. "

" Enjoyed this book, though it's more a series of vignettes about members of the author's family. It doesn't follow a linear path, and not all of the stories are about food, per se. "

" Very enjoyable, although I wish she wouldn't have tried so hard to create extraordinariness, where the story of this ordinary family is delightful on its own. "

" I LOVED reading about her large, unique family. I especially loved the parts about her relationship with her sister, father, and Uncle Hank. I can't get enough of memoirs for some reason, and this was no exception. "

" Interesting, but didn't love it. "