WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW IS MORE SALAD! (and maybe my book of salads?)
You might be surprised to learn that I don’t only write books full of letters mostly to dead guys and women of letters. Here comes a proposal for Nonna the Queen of Salads titled by my two granddaughters. Nonna the Queen of Salads By Diane Joy Charney Short Description This book will provide more than 50 original salad recipes based on improvising with the freshest ingredients you happen to have available. The recipes will be interspersed with humorous essays about the adventures of the author—a retired Yale professor—as an expat living in Europe. From the misadventure of “ How hitting your bumper while backing up into just one ivy-covered stone wall can put a damper on your day ” to “ How NOT to harvest 2119 pounds of olives: Don’t duct-tape a plastic rake head to the end of a long pole, ” each mini-essay will complement the featured salads. I would be happy to provide sample stories (two are in the links above). The result will be a cookbook that’s fun to re...