I first learned of Erin French from my Aunt when I visited with her in 2021-ish. She told me about this amazing series called "The Lost Kitchen" that airs on the Magnolia Network. Erin has a restaurant in Freedom, Maine and the series is about that. She's the epitome of a farm to table chef and the series shows her interacting with local farmers and growers and how she creates her amazing multi-course meals solely based on what's available locally. The restaurant is so popular that they don't take reservations. It's also only open for like 4 days a week and 6-months out of the year. How do you get a table there? You mail them a postcard and hope that they pick yours out of the hundreds or thousands they get. They call you if your's has been picked out of the bins of postcards they collect and you get to make a reservation. The series is really good. I got the Husband totally addicted to watching it.
It was The Husband who told me that Erin French wrote a book (this one isn't a cookbook - she has that too, though). Presto! It was available right then on the Libby app / from my local library. I started the Kindle book on December 25 and finished on December 31 (ha! Holiday to Holiday!). And, boy was this a doozy. I had no idea about all of the heartache, drama, and trauma in the life of Erin so far. On the series she seems to have it all together. It was really interesting (and heart-wrenching) to learn her story. I would definitely recommend this book.
As I'm writing this long after I read this book, I can report that The Husband and I each sent in a postcard in April 2023 to try to get a reservation at The Lost Kitchen. We haven't heard anything, yet. Here's hoping one of our postcards is pulled our first time. If not, we'll keep trying. The food looks AMAZING!
Post written on May 8. Publication date reflects date I finished the book.
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