My Fine Fellow
Books | Juvenile Nonfiction / Cooking & Food
3.5
Jennieke Cohen
A 2023 Sydney Taylor Honor Book! * A Bustle Best YA Books Out in 2022 title! Culinary delights abound, romance lingers in the air, and plans go terribly, wonderfully astray in this gender-bent take on My Fair Lady from Jennieke Cohen, author of Dangerous Alliance--perfect for fans of Bridgerton or A Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue. It's 1830s England, and Culinarians--doyens who consult with society's elite to create gorgeous food and confections--are the crème de la crème of high society. Helena Higgins, top of her class at the Royal Academy, has a sharp demeanor and an even sharper palate--and knows stardom awaits her if she can produce greatness in her final year. Penelope Pickering is going to prove the value of non-European cuisine to all of England. Her contemporaries may scorn her Filipina heritage and her dishes, but with her flawless social graces and culinary talents, Penelope is set to prove them wrong. Elijah Little has nothing to his name but a truly excellent instinct for flavors. London merchants won't allow a Jewish boy to own a shop, so he hawks his pasties for a shilling a piece to passersby--but he knows with training he can break into the highest echelon of society. When Penelope and Helena meet Elijah, a golden opportunity arises: to pull off a project never seen before, and turn Elijah from a street vendor to a gentleman chef. But Elijah's transformation will have a greater impact on this trio than they originally realize--and mayhem, unseemly faux pas, and a little romance will all be a part of the delicious recipe.
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Author
Jennieke Cohen
Pages
338
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Published Date
2022
ISBN
0063047535 9780063047532
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"Such a cute, wholesome romance about cooking in the 1800s, I highly recommend!!"
Paige
"Now I really want to watch “My Fair Lady”.<br/>Overall, a really cute book & I absolutely recommend it."
Kelly Sarna
"I was not ready to love this book as much as I did. I honestly don’t have any complaints about it. I loved the prose (not too 1800s English-y that it was difficult to understand but still appropriate enough for the time period). The characters had great character development, whether that be in their friendships, personally, or socially. I felt so many emotions throughout this book: it was funny, wholesome, inspiring, and I was right along with the characters throughout their growth. This book had the perfect amount of inclusion of topics like race, anti-semitism, and the roles of women during that time; it was not overbearing or unbelievable/too modern for that time period. As well, it was not a “rub-my-ideology-in-your-face” kind of book. Great morals, great lessons, great characters. 5 stars. Loved this so much."
Alora J
