Love among the recipes is a very beautiful novel about heartbreak, family and rediscovering yourself. I absolutely loved the story. It was perfect. Everything about the book was perfect. If you are looking for something light and different, must go for it! It’s great.

Love this book and all the cooking references, it brought me back to my trip to Europe and the European culture loved it, read it in such a short time, it was such an easy flowy read. Would recommend to anybody who feels like traveling through a book.

Love Among the Recipes was an enjoyable read with a few flaws.

Genna runs to Paris after taking a "break" from her marriage. At the age of 50, she has turned her love and passion of food into her career as a cookbook author, and she hopes that she will find inspiration in Paris for her recipes. She rents an apartment, finds new friends and tries new food.

This was a cute story, but very cliched and not much of an original story here for me. The middle aged woman who's husband cheats on her decides to leave her life and run off to a new country where she finds new hope. I really enjoyed the parts of the story that were about the food, although there just weren't enough of those parts for me. And I also had a bit of a hard time investing in anyone's storyline other than Genna's. While this was a fast, feel good story, I don't know that I will recommend it to many. Maybe an older demographic would enjoy it more than I did.

Thank you to Netgalley for my ARC in exchange for my review and honest opinions.

This book is about:
Paris may be for lovers, but cookbook author Genna McGraw is definitely not looking for love. She's looking for escape and she's looking for a good runny Brie to pair with a smooth Bordeaux. Where better than Paris?

In Love Among the Recipes, Genna goes to the City of Light to get away from her philandering husband and write a "crossover cookbook/guidebook" that matches Parisian sights such as the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre with recipes for bistro-style French dishes. She also dabbles in romance with dishy French lawyer Pierre Leblanc and makes friends at her French class with Colorado transplant Marsha Renfrew and her snooty English boyfriend.
And then there's big, blunt Bill Turner from Australia. Does he really eat crocodile steaks for tea?
But when Genna's family crashes her new life in Paris, a crisis forces her to choose how she wants to live. Will she have the courage to embrace an uncertain future and risk losing everything?

I loved the part about food and travel, but not so much about Genna's relationship... It was nice an sweet read, but nothing wow.
3 stars.

This is the story we need these days - it's a recipe for the perfect escape!
 
After choosing to leave a failing marriage, Genna moved to Paris, attempting to start a new life where she makes her own decisions. She focuses on her French lessons and touring famous Paris sites for her new cookbook inspiration.

The descriptions of her walks through Paris, seeing sights as a local and a tourist, I felt as though I was there. And the food! So much wonderful food. The concept of a cookbook pairing recipes with famous Paris sites was very intriguing.
 
There was family drama, romance, humor, and a mix of French culture. And I have to say that I enjoyed the parts that were in French. I took French in college and it was fun to see if I remembered any – and it was surprisingly more than I thought. For those who don’t know French, that’s ok, it was either translated or explained.
 
Overall, this book is cute and a much needed escape!
 
A copy of this book was kindly provided to me by Netgalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Thank you!

Genna is a 50 year old woman who leaves her husband and home in Canada and runs to Paris. She goes to Paris to write a cookbook/travelogue.
Cooking and travel? I love both of those things, so I thought this would be up my alley. I tried. I really tried to like this but I just didn't care about Genna or anyone else in this book. The recipes she came up with for her cookbook also seemed really basic and uninteresting. She was getting her inspiration from the sights of Paris yet her recipes were uninspired. BORING. It's a shame. The best parts of the book were the descriptions of Paris.
In the end, I only got 40% through this before I just gave up. I couldn't spend any more time on this book when I have a long list of others I want to read.

This book is kind of split down the middle to me. There’s the part about food and travel, then there’s the part about Genna’s personal relationship dramas. I really enjoyed the parts about food and travel, less so the parts about Genna and her relationships.

Genna goes to Paris after getting a separation from her husband Drew. Can I call him Vile Drew like I’m Bridget Jones? Cause I feel like calling him Vile Drew.

It’s completely clear what Vile Drew did wrong. There is no doubt at all about what he did. But for some reason it wasn’t officially revealed until almost the end of the book, we honestly didn’t even need official clarification by that point.

Genna is in Paris now and she’s writing a cookbook. I love her cookbook idea, it’s unique and would definitely be a fun cookbook. She ties each Parisian location with a dish that reminds her of the spot. The dishes are symbolic most of the time, a layered dish might represent multiple colors in a piece of art in a museum.

I wasn’t a fan of Genna’s personality. She felt a bit prickly. She had some interesting potential love interests and some entertaining times in Paris. She really wants to stay but her cash flow will run out at some point and she dreads going back home. Although I wasn’t Genna’s biggest fan, I was definitely rooting for her to get to stay in Paris. I was always rooting for her not to go back to Vile Drew.

So, final analysis here, I’d have enjoyed this book more if I liked Genna more. But I liked her enough to want her to be happy. I thoroughly enjoyed the vivid food descriptions but could have gone for a lot less drama.

I got to read an early ebook edition from NetGalley. Thanks!

If you’re not in an area where you have immediate access to gourmet French food, don’t read this. Throughout this entire book, I found myself craving macarons, creme brûlée, and all of the other dishes described in this. This was definitely a problem, considering I was in a state that definitely didn’t have gourmet food available.

This book follows, Gen, a middle aged cookbook author looking to escape from her cheating husband in Paris. Along the way, she makes a few close friends, and rediscovers romance. Along with mouthwatering descriptions of food and desserts, we are also treated to some of the most famous sites in Paris.

I enjoyed this book a lot more than I expected. I was drawn in by the cover, and the promise of food and desserts, but thrown off when I found out that our main character was 50. Not that this is a problem, but I’m used to reading YA, with characters closer to my own age. I really enjoyed the change though, it was a totally different feel than other things I’ve read.

Although I did shelve this book as a romance, this book didn’t focus on the romance aspect. It was more the journey of Gen finding happiness, and discovering herself. I really liked that, I loved reading her interactions with her friends and her kids, they were really a highlight of this story.

Although this wasn’t a genre I typically read, I really enjoyed it. This book is perfect for fans of food, Paris, and romance!

Thanks to Netgalley and Carol M. Cram for providing a free copy in exchange for an honest review

Cram wrote a marvelous book. I loved the concept of a woman penning a cookbook pairing recipes with famous Paris sites. Genna over to Paris, attempting to start a new chapter. I liked the different people she met. My favorites were Pierre and Bill. I'm not much of a foodie but I enjoyed the descriptions of the Paris landmarks. Paris is a fabulous city and full of magic whether in person or in a book. Drew was a complete sap and I had nothing but disdain for his character. The cover art is gorgeous. Dive into this one and Bon appetite.

I didn't dislike the book, I just think I wasn't the target audience. The protagonist is a 50 year old divorce and this is an integral part of the book. I think that's great and the story itself was good as well, I just couldn't really relate.

I really liked this one. Such a fun and easy read, I will definitely recommend this book to some of my friends.

Thoroughly enjoyed this book! I really loved the characters and the story line. I have never wanted to go to Paris before but now I definitely do. I loved how she tied famous places all over Paris with food and recipes. I would buy this recipe book!!

i received an ARC from Net galley for my honest review.

Love among the recipes follows Genna's life in Paris as a cookbook writer. As a middle aged woman with two grown up children this is all a new experience for her and she intends to see, hear, touch, smell and taste her way around Paris' top attractions while pairing them with a Parisian dish for her book.
I really liked the storyline and the characters in the book. They were described so well you could truly picture them. As someone who hasn't been to Paris it might have been nice to have a bit more about the area and how these attractions tied to one another. Gemma always seemed to be a hop, skip and a jump away from her next stop and it just seemed hard to believe that somewhere the size of Paris could be like this. The mixture of food and sightseeing was interesting and nit something I have read before so a very unique selling point I thought.
I did think the book went on a little longer than necessary and despite it being quite obvious what had happened between Genna and her husband we do not actually find out for sure until about 80% through the book which was a bit late. The ending all felt slightly rushed compared to the langurous trip around Paris we had been through with Genna.
Overall I did enjoy the book and would recommend it to others.

The emergence of Genna's confidence and self worth deserved to be applauded as she stopped living for others verification and started living for her own. In doing so, she reignited her passion for cooking and became a great success. She stood up to Drew and Nancy and put the past behind her. I must admit that it was obvious what was going on with Becky and Nancy but Genna had a sweetness that would not have had her leap to those conclusions. A fun and warm hearted read.

Whilst I did enjoy the book, I felt it took too long to get to the point where she told her children about their father's affair. I did like the twist as to who he had the affair with. I found it quite unbelievable that as a mother herself the main character didn't realise her daughter was pregnant for so long.
Other than that I enjoyed the book overall

I was expecting more from this book than I got! I liked the fact it was set in France and she was trying to rebuild her life. However I felt there was nothing much more to the story.

"Whoever said it was easy to walk away from one life and embrace a new one had almost certainly never tried it."

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I was looking for a light, fun rom com type read but this story was so much more than that. Genna is firmly entrenched in a mid-life crisis spurred on by her husband's infidelity. She leaves him and rents a tiny apartment in Paris to do research for her new cookbook and find herself. What she finds is a whole lot of reasons to live her life for herself and not her husband or her children. Within weeks she is surrounded with new interesting friends and several potential love interests. The story was much deeper than your typical rom com and had slow metered building of relationships rather than the insta-love that is so popular in these sorts of books these days.

The descriptions of Paris were quite lovely and had me thinking back fondly upon my trips there and even adding a few new potential destinations to my list. I also really loved how Genna would find her inspiration for the dishes in her cookbook from the places she visited. Going with her on that part of the journey was really fun.

I will say I was slightly annoyed by her family members who were quite selfish and prone to put her in the predictable "mom" box but I think it served the story. Also Marsha's relationship was quite problematic but I appreciated the arc that character took finding her way. I'd say this one is a lighter, more fun Parisian Eat Pray Love.

“Love Among The Recipes” is a romance novel centered around a cookbook author named Genna who travels to Paris, desperate for inspiration for her next book and an escape from her husband. While she is in Paris, romance begins to ensue between her and a French lawyer named Pierre. However, her family ends up coming to Paris, and she has to decide between her life back home or her new life in Paris.

I’m not sure why, but this book ended up not being as interesting as I anticipated. However, while I didn’t love this book as much as I hoped I would, I still think that it was pretty good, and I would still recommend it to fellow romance fans.

Genna is a woman approaching middle age who has left her husband and two children home in Cananda for an adventure in Paris. She is a likeable character though there are moments where I found her frustrating. Genna meets new friends while in Paris and they contribute a lot to the story and are needed to keep the pace going. Throughout the story, there are several hints at why she’s left her husband which I guess is predictable for everyone reading but it doesn’t distract too much from the story.

I enjoyed hearing about the landmarks and dishes she chose to match. Having not been to Paris yet I felt she gave good descriptions and finishing the book does leave you hungry!

This book didn't exactly click with me. The writing style didn't make sense, and the beginning is just bland. The only thing I liked was the France and travel element. I had to DNF the book at 18% due to it almost putting me to sleep.