Tasting Notes: How ugly realities yielded a beautiful food memoir

An interview with Phyllis Grant, author of "Everything Is Under Control"
Bill Addison • Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2020
Even if you read most books on a screen these days, take my advice and buy an actual physical copy of Phyllis Grant’s memoir “Everything Is Under Control.” Its words are best absorbed from real pages; some contain only two or three lines. Grant...
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