Mailbox Monday

Mailbox Monday is sponsored by Marcia over at the Printed Page.  It's the place where we brag about share the books that arrived in our mailboxes each week.  I also try to find a mailbox that is somehow associated with what I'm reading right now.  Right now I'm reading Hilary Mantel's novel about the French Revolution, A Place of Greater Safety, so the mailbox picture is a French one (with pretty flowers, too, since spring is in full bloom).

Only one in my mailbox this past week, but it's basically food porn so that makes it really exciting!

The Hundred-Foot Journey by Richard C. Morais (from InkWell Management).  The Hundred-Foot Journey is the story of Hassan Haji, a boy from Mumbai who embarks, along with his boisterous family, on a picaresque journey first to London and then across Europe, before they ultimately open a restaurant opposite a famous chef, Madame Mallory, in the remote French village of Lumiere. A culinary war ensues, pitting Hassan's Mumbai - toughened father against the imperious Michelin-starred cordon bleu, until she realizes that Hassan is a cook with natural talents far superior to her own. Full of eccentric characters, hilarious cultural mishaps, vivid settings and delicious meals described in rich, sensuous detail, Hassan's charming account lays bare the inner workings of the elite world of French haute cuisine, and provides a life-affirming and poignant coming-of-age tale.