Dinner with Edward: A Story of an Unexpected Friendship

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Each chapter starts with a menu of the glorious meal he prepares for Isabel and the drinks enjoyed before dinner — old fashioneds, martinis – grown up drinks.

Edward had a gift of enjoying life to the fullest--from making new friends to baking perfect apricot souffles. Together, they plot, this will keep Edward happy and busy, while giving Isabel a much-needed break from her failing marriage. Edward knew that Isabel was writing about his life, thereby sharing his stories and outlook more widely. In Dinner with Edward, Isabel Vincent's memoir, Edward's two tricks for making a perfect pastry crust are crushed ice and a mixture of grated butter and fresh lard (from his Queens butcher), all kept as cold as possible. On a superficial level their connection may seem like a friendship, and that's definitely how the author presents it.A delightful book about a friendship that accepts time passing, savouring without rushing and accepting that life cannot remain stationary. Like Mitch Albom's Tuesdays with Morrie, it's a book that makes you think about the things that matter in life: love, family, and making the most of the time you have.

Old fashioned, perfectly composed dinners reminiscent of Julia Child's French method of creating elegant cuisine are Edward's re-entry to having a passion for life again, and those meals begin by inviting Isabel to dinner weekly. Delightfully combining the warm heartedness of Tuesdays with Morris with the sensual splendor of Julie and Julia. The reader will be reminded that even ordinary people are extraordinary if time is taken to ask and listen. They also share stories from their past lives, thereby gaining better understanding of where they are today. You will absolutely adore the budding friendship between Isabel and the 93 year old Edward who likes to cook for her.With its delicious food, warm jazz, and stunning views of Manhattan, Edward's home was a much-needed refuge for reporter Isabel Vincent. Isabel, a journalist going through a divorce leaving her rudderless and lonely and Edward, a 90-something recent widower come together for weekly restaurant quality dinners made by the elderly gentleman himself! The mixing of pastry should be accomplished rapidly, particularly if your kitchen is warm, so that the butter will soften as little as possible.

I enjoyed this memoir of the author's unlikely friendship with the nonagenarian father of one of her friends. Edward has a passion for food and invites her to amazing dinners, elaborate meals he puts together with time and effort, that demand to be savoured.Dinner with Edward is a book about sorrow and joy, love and nourishment, and about how dinner with a friend can, in the words of M.

a moving memoir of a sweet friendship between Isabel Vincent, a journalist in New York who, at the time, was going through a marriage crisis, and Edward, a ninety-something-year-old who had just lost his wife of 69 years when the two were introduced by his daughter. Edward was married to the love of his life for nearly 70 years, raised two successful daughters, essentially lived life as he chose and yet he comes across as a self-pitying snob.But from the beginning of our relationship, I knew instinctively that his culinary tips went for beyond the preparation of food. What follows is Isabel Vincent's memoir of those meals, of her friendship with the multi-talented and faceted Edward and the life changes for both. I never felt that “paradise” connection between Isabel and Edward, as each chapter reads like a disconnected short story. Her friend doesn't live in New York and it is a comfort to have Isabel check in on her ninety three year old father.