In Kingsolver's Kitchen

Reading feels like eating, to me.  Devouring an author's wordcraft is analogous to tucking into a carefully prepared meal and while there are many fine chefs, no one cooks like Barbara Kingsolver.

Sticks to your ribs!

Just finished Pigs In Heaven and I feel satiated and content, like strolling home from a successful supper club, ruminating on the perfect blend of flavors and textures with a small smile.

  The side of mission work you don't read about in fundraising newsletters.

Kingsolver is most well-known for The Poisonwood Bible which is so good many people venerate it like the Holy Bible, wrapping it in a cloth under soft lighting or refusing to use it as a coaster.  It's Thankgiving and Christmas served in 543 pages of breathtaking richness, leaving you staggered and swooning with just a touch of peptic distress.  Kingsolver's kitchen, serving up delight after mouth-watering delight, deserves every Michelin star in the sky.

Haute cuisine for the soul.