I’m not sure there’s another cook currently writing who has the power to transform her readers’ relationships to their own kitchens quite like Tamar Adler . The Vogue contributing editor’s last book, An Everlasting Meal: Cooking with Economy and Grace , envisioned a world in which no leftover or spare ingredient goes to waste, and her latest effort, Feast on Your Life: Kitchen Meditations for Every Day , is no less ambitious. In a collection of food-related journal entries, Adler seeks to assure those of us who occasionally (or more than occasionally) feel wholly uninspired by cooking that— psst —she’s no different.

Somewhat ironically, for a book born out of its author’s depression, Feast on Your Life is one of the most invigorating and, yes, life-affirming tributes to an e

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