Spiced.

Rather than rant about my feelings, I wanted to gush about one of my favorite reads from the summer: Spiced by Dalia Jurgensen.

It's a great memoir about a girl who didn't know what she wanted in life, had a normal 9-5 desk job, and then gave it all up to trail for a pastry chef in one of New York City's hottest restaurants. Knowing nothing, and not having been to culinary school yet, she started a new adventure for herself. It has raw truth to the story, with a realistic aspect of how things really are in the kitchen of a high-class restaurant.

This book has been the fastest I've plowed through in a long time. There is still a little less than half of the book left, but it is such a quick read for me that I cannot read just one chapter at a time.

I hope to finish this book in the next couple of days before I road trip to Nashville to visit my pal Erica. I've never been to Nashville before, so I hope it'll be an adventure full of memories (which always occur with Erica, so I'm not worried). :) Short-term goal: finish the book before Monday morning, then start a new book (most likely Laura & Lisa Ling's memoir about being granted amnesty from North Korea last summer) once I return.

If anyone wants to borrow "Spiced" when I'm finished with it, feel free to ask! :)