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Sobremesa: A Memoir of Food and Love in Thirteen Courses
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About Sobremesa: A Memoir Of Food And Love In Thirteen
Product Description "Sobremesa reads like a cross between magical realism and the food section of the New York Times. Delicioso!” —Beth Ostrosky-Stern, New York Times Bestselling Author If food is the universal language of love, sobremesa is the romance. Gather around the table with C-level career woman turned foodpreneur, Josephine Caminos Oría, as she cooks up a magical tale, told morsel by morsel, of some of her most memorable tableside chats—sobremesas—that provided the first-generation Argentine-American the courage to leave the safe life she knew and start over from scratch. In her coming-of-age adventure, Josephine travels to her family’s homeland of Argentina in search of belonging—to family, to country, to a love, and ultimately, to oneself. Steeped in the lure of Latin culture, she pieces together her mom and abuela’s pasts, along with the nourishing dishes—delectably and spiritually—that formed their kitchen arsenal. But Josephine’s travels from las pampas to the prairie aren't easy or conventional. She grapples with mystical encounters with the spirit world that lead her to discover a part of herself that, like sobremesa, had been lost in translation. Just as she's ready to give up on love all together, Josephine’s own heart surprises her by surrendering to a forbidden, transcontinental tryst with the Argentine man of her dreams. To stay together, she must make a difficult choice: return to the safe life she knows in the States, or follow her heart and craft a completely different kind of future for herself—one she never saw coming. This otherworldly, multigenerational story of a daughter's love and familial culinary legacy serves up, in 13 courses, the timeless traditions that help Josephine navigate transformational love and loss. It’s a reminder that that home really is anywhere the heart is. Sobremesa invites you to linger at the table, reveal your own hidden truths and savor the healing embrace of time-honored food and the wisdom it espouses.The memoir Sobremesa is a reminder of a slower time, an exuberant, passionate place, and love as vast as the Argentine pampas. - Foreword Reviews Foreword by Sofía Pescarmona, CEO and Owner, Lagarde Winery Review "The memoir Sobremesa is a reminder of a slower time, an exuberant, passionate place, and love as vast as the Argentine pampas." - Foreword Reviews About the Author Josephine Caminos Oría is an Argentine-American author, entrepreneur and mom, and she has been called “The woman who is bringing the Argentine Sobremesa to the United States” by The Clarín (the Argentine version of the New York Times). It was in her early 40s, with five young children in tow, that Josephine took a chance on herself, leaving a C-level career to make dulce de leche. Today, Josephine is co-founder of La Dorita Cooks, an all-natural line of dulce de leche products and Pittsburgh's first resource-based kitchen incubator for start-up and early stage food makers. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. From as far back as I could remember, I’d start each day with Lincoln shortbread biscuits slathered with dulce de leche during our holiday trips to Argentina. My seventh birthday particularly stood out in my memory. I’d spent it on the red eye from Miami to Buenos Aires, but I knew Dorita was waiting for me with a special homemade birthday cake. That year she surprised me with the most magical Barbie doll cake I’d ever seen. Her sweeping ballroom-length skirt was made of Abuela’s prized torta de nuez walnut cake, coiffed in alternating ruffles of dulce de leche and glossy meringue. She was a dream to behold—so beautiful that I didn’t want anyone to eat her. I blew out the candles and instinctively grabbed the cake and ran, tripping over my feet. The cake and I both landed on Dorita’s wood-planked dining room floor—me in one piece, the cake not so much. That same trip, my abuelo Alfredo showed me his Argentina. Unbeknownst to me, my parents and Dorita had l
