Delicious!

Reichl, the former editor of Gourmet magazine and best-selling author of culinary memoirs (Tender at the Bone; Comfort Me with Apples), makes her fiction debut with a story set at an iconic food magazine in New York called Delicious. Billie Breslin has recently been hired as an assistant and soon is writing for the magazine, too, but her exciting new job comes to a halt when the magazine is abruptly shut down. Billie, however, is asked to stay on to handle calls for the "Delicious Guarantee," which promises money back if a recipe doesn't work. A guarantee question leads Billie to the magazine's locked library, where she stumbles upon letters written during World War II from a young girl named Lulu Swan to chef James Beard. Billie follows card catalog clues to find the remaining letters and goes to Ohio to look for Lulu. Her journey finally helps Billie see the truth about her own family and gives her the courage to realize her dreams and maybe even give love a chance.