{"product_id":"9780008338985_everything-is-under-control-a-memoir-with-recipes","title":"Everything is Under Control: A Memoir with Recipes","description":"\u003ch2\u003e‘Grant whips up moments of intense emotion and life with the briefest of words and images. Throughout it all, food is the life source, comfort, energiser and inspiration bursting from the pages a la Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential.’\u003cstrong\u003e Stylist\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch2\u003e‘What a beautiful, rich, poetic memoir this is. Phyllis writes of longing, suffering, family, and food with such delicate power. Like the best chefs, she knows how to make a masterpiece from a few simple ingredients: truth, poignancy, and love. A wonderful book.’ Elizabeth Gilbert, author of 10 million copy bestseller Eat, Pray, Love\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003e\n            \u003cem\u003eBake. I bake for others. Belgian waffles, French toast, crêpes, chocolate chip cookies. When I cook, I am calm, I am confident. There is comfort in the logic.\u003c\/em\u003e\n          \u003c\/strong\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChef and award-winning writer Phyllis Grant’s life has been defined by food.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst, as a dancer struggling to find her place at Julliard, when banana muffins with inch-thick streusel are the fuel for another day of training. Then, a lowly junior chef in high-pressure NYC four-star kitchens, as she masters the tarte Tatin and ice cream custard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFalling in love with her future husband and the garlicky tomato sauce he makes in his bare apartment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe quesadillas she can’t stop eating in LA before she realises she’s pregnant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are the recipes that have accompanied Phyllis throughout the smooth and jagged stages of her life as she navigates the highs and lows of young adulthood, being a mother, and a career in the kitchen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten with the transparency of a diarist and including tried-and-true recipes from her chef’s table, Everything Is Under Control is a raw and riveting story about food, family, love and loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhyllis Grant's autobiography, Everything is Under Control, is a rich tapestry of essays on ballet, cooking, and parenting. It's a biography that serves up a feast of narratives, each course revealing another layer of her life, from the performing arts to the challenges of motherhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of Brianna Wiest (The Pivot Year), Lori Gottlieb (Maybe You Should Talk to Someone), Felicity Cloake (Completely Perfect), Olivia Potts (A Half Baked Idea), and Joan Didion (Let Me Tell You What I Mean).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phyllis Grant, Read by Kristin Atherton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46889501065365,"sku":"9780008338985","price":19.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008338985.png?v=1777422896","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008338985_everything-is-under-control-a-memoir-with-recipes","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}