{"product_id":"group-living-and-other-recipes-a-memoir","title":"Group Living and Other Recipes: A Memoir","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLola Milholland\u003c\/b\u003e is a food-business owner and writer whose work has appeared in \n\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eOprah Daily\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. A former editor for \n\u003ci\u003eEdible Portland \u003c\/i\u003emagazine, she currently lives in Portland, Oregon, and runs Umi Organic, a noodle company with a commitment to providing nutritious public school lunch.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Milholland celebrates communal living in this nourishing, cleareyed memoir, recounting years of conversation and shared meals that began with her childhood in Portland, Ore.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Part memoir and part cookbook, \u003ci\u003eGroup Living and Other Recipes\u003c\/i\u003e explores how the writer's eccentric upbringing led her to seek community through food . . . with humor and empathy.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, \"The Best New Books to Read in August 2024\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"An inspiring account of how and why to live a principled life, spiced with Pan-Asian recipes.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e, \"Best Books of August 2024\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eGroup Living and Other Recipes\u003c\/i\u003e, Lola Milholland's unusual memoir-with-recipes, is a delight to read, her descriptions full of flavor and spice, more umami than bitter, a little salty and never too sweet. . . . Milholland's life is full of rich material, but the memoir is more than a series of anecdotes about the very interesting characters in her life. She's also serious about exploring the ideas behind communal living. . . . A generous book that gives the reader a lot to chew on.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eMinneapolis Star Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Reading this book is like finding a friend. With intelligence and humor, Lola Milholland invites us to join her in a timely (and delicious!) interrogation of the ethics of food, housing, family, land, and self. As an affirmation and celebration of our deep and radical connections with the world and each other, her book gives me hope.\"\u003cb\u003e--Ruth Ozeki, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Form and Emptiness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This is an intimate and captivating interrogation of home as told from the communal kitchens of Lola Milholland's most uncommon upbringing. Each episode and every recipe is a delicious study in grace with an immense love for the messy everything of life.\"\u003cb\u003e--Aimee Nezhukumatathil, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWorld of Wonders\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"In the tradition of genre-bending food writing that includes Ruth Reichl and James Beard, this debut memoir . . . pushes past the presumed confines of what a food-centered book can do, morphing into a cultural critique championing a community-centered approach to living, peppered with recipes.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePortland Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A timely examination of taking a different approach to the way we define home and family . . . Milholland's guidance for group living means embracing contradictions: freedom and structure, being together and being alone, power and surrender, vulnerability and strength. Both entertaining and thought-provoking, this memoir is a good jump-off point for discussion on the topic of how we choose to live and provides a vision of one possibility.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Cascadia Weekly News \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A pleasantly pragmatic book about the hardships and rewards of getting along with others and the joys found in cooking together . . . It's hard to imagine a better fit for the zeitgeist right now than: unusual memoir and evocative food writing meets fun and easy recipe guide.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePortland Mercury\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Entertaining and will make you think about how you're living your life . . . Milholland looks at the way lives merge and flow past one another in a quest for stability within a chosen family, an endeavor that's at the heart of many modern lives. This is a rich work as she asks what home looks like within a framework of personal memory, parental utopian ideals, and her own ethical concerns.\"\u003cb\u003e--KCRW Los Angeles \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Endearing . . . Clear eye[d] . . . [Milholland] reflects with humor and affection on growing up and making a life in the counterculture of Portland, Oregon.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Milholland paints an inviting portrait of life lived in the company of others. Readers will walk away feeling nourished.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Publishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This thought-provoking memoir will resonate with those seeking solutions to the current loneliness epidemic, or for those challenging notions of what it means to live as an independent adult. Ultimately, it is an inspirational read about someone who consciously chooses to live according to her own values, without ignoring the work it takes to move through discomfort as it arises.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Part memoir, part cookbook, and all heart, \u003ci\u003eGroup Living and Other Recipes\u003c\/i\u003e is a feast for the mind, body, and soul. Readers will love how Lola Milholland deftly explores the intersection of food and life through savory recipes, the compelling stories behind them, and her fascinating path to creating community. It is a book that you will devour whole.\"\u003cb\u003e--Adrienne Brodeur, author of \u003ci\u003eWild Game\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Surprising, enlivening, and nourishing, Lola Milholland's debut offers an engaging look at communal life up close. In doing so, it helped me to recognize the ways in which my own life is made possible by the work of so many others. (Plus Lola's recipes are fantastic.) By this I mean that\u003ci\u003e Group Living and Other Recipes \u003c\/i\u003ehelped me to care for the people I hold dear--what a tremendous gift!\"\u003cb\u003e--Elizabeth Rush, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Quickening\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"In this boisterous and original book, populated by lovable characters, Lola Milholland blends memoir, food writing, and revealing discussions of everything from housing equity to Filipino American identity to activism around denuclearization. The recipes are just as free-ranging and wonderful. A compelling, eye-opening read.\"\u003cb\u003e--Anya Von Bremzen, author of \u003ci\u003eMastering the Art of Soviet Cooking\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An affirmation and celebration of our deep and radical connections with the world and each other . . . Reading this book is like finding a friend.\"--Ruth Ozeki\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA spirited and timely exploration of group living that encourages readers to reconsider the meaning of family and home.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLola Milholland grew up in the nineties, the child of iconoclastic hippies. Both her parents threw open their rambling house in Portland, Oregon, to long-term visitors and unusual guests in need of a place to stay. Years later, after college and after her parents' separation, Milholland returned home. There, she joined her brother and his housemates--an eccentric group of stop-motion animators and accomplished cooks--in furthering the experiment of communal living into a new generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGroup Living and Other Recipes \u003c\/i\u003etells the story of the residents of the Holman House--of transcendent meals and ecstatic parties, of colorful characters coming together in moments of deep tenderness and inevitable irritation, of a shared life that is appealing, humorous, confounding, and, just maybe, utopian--with a wider exploration of group living as a way of life. From spending time at her aunt and uncle's intentional community in Washington State to finding her footing in the kitchen as a student in Japan to mushroom hunting in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, Milholland offers an expansive and vibrant reevaluation of the structures at the very center of our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThoughtful, quirky, candid, and wise, \u003ci\u003eGroup Living and Other Recipes\u003c\/i\u003e introduces a gifted memoirist and thinker, making a convincing case that \"\u003ci\u003enow\u003c\/i\u003e is always the right time to reimagine home and family.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/03\/2024 (EAN 9781954118577, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/15\/2024 (EAN 9781954118577, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 07\/01\/2024 pg. 10 (EAN 9781954118577, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Milholland, Lola\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Spiegel \u0026amp; Grau\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePub Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2024-08-06\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC:\u003c\/b\u003e Biography \u0026amp; Autobiography|Memoirs|Family \u0026amp; Relationships|Alternative Family|Cooking|Essays \u0026amp; Narratives|Social Science|Activism \u0026amp; Social Justice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSubjects:\u003c\/b\u003e Oregon|Portland|Families|Portland (Ore.)|Autobiographies|Communal living|Milholland, Lola|Family\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781954118577\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eASIN:\u003c\/b\u003e -\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSKU:\u003c\/b\u003e SP-9781954118577\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Spiegel \u0026 Grau","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51154275565846,"sku":"SP-9781954118577","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9781954118577_spiral.png?v=1774940186","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/group-living-and-other-recipes-a-memoir","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}