The Heart-Shaped Tin: Love, Loss, and Kitchen Objects

"In this collection of essays, food writer Bee Wilson explores the profound and personal meanings that mundane kitchen tools, tableware, utensils and even disposable coffee cups can hold. Sparked by her confrontation with the giant heart-shaped pan she used to bake her wedding cake, which fell from a cabinet shortly after her husband asked for a divorce, Wilson began asking around about others “who had invested objects in their kitchens with strong meanings or emotions.” What results is a delightful and moving series of stories and reflections about how we access memories through the items we cook and eat with."