Billie Breslin has moved from California to New York to work for a food magazine where she becomes immersed in the world of restaurants and food shops (she is immediately hired to work week-ends at a family only operated Italian deli). She instantly becomes friends with some of New York's top chefs along with most of the magazine staff, and discovers a hidden room in the magazine's library which leads to a hunt for mysterious letters from a twelve-year-old during WWII. Of course, there is some family tragedy thrown in.
I liked the camaraderie between restaurants and food stores that was reminiscent of my childhood in London before supermarkets and when shop owners knew your name. I always found it fun to visit the deli where, as a preschooler, they gave me a lump of cheese or buying my favorite sausages at the butchers. It's a shame that shopping is so impersonal these days.
