A winning collection of essays about home, love, cooking, politics, and the writing life from the acclaimed novelist

My introduction and my thanks -- Meet the family. Julia's child -- Funniest and the favorite -- How to get religion -- Good grudgekeeping -- No thank you, I think -- Sex ed -- Rosy glow of the backward glance -- I still think, Call her -- A tip of the hat to the old block -- My soap opera journal -- On writing. Confessions of a blurb slut -- No outline? Is that any way to write a novel? -- Which one is he again? -- It was a dark and stormy nosh -- Assignment: What happens next? -- I touch a nerve -- My book the movie -- You author's anxieties: a guide -- Coupling columns. Boy meets girl -- May I recommend-- -- I want to know -- A mister and missus -- Monsieur clean -- Ego boundaries -- I married a gourmet -- I sleep around -- Best man -- Since then. This is for you -- Watching the Masters by myself -- We [heart] New York -- A fine nomance