{"product_id":"9781616201913","title":"Memoir of the Sunday Brunch","description":"\u003cb\u003eA “delicious” account of a midwestern family’s restaurant business, and the bond between a daughter and her food-loving father (Jacquelyn Mitchard).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e At age twelve, Julie Pandl was initiated into the rite of the Sunday brunch, a weekly madhouse at Pandl’s, the family-owned Milwaukee-based restaurant where she and her eight older siblings did mandatory service—and where her father “traded his sanity for a paper chef hat and a set of utility tongs.” Amid the controlled chaos, they learned the ropes of the business and, more importantly, life lessons that would shape them in the years to come.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In this wry, “heartfelt” memoir, Pandl looks back on those formative years, a time not just of growing up but, ultimately, of becoming a source of strength and support, as the world her father knew began to change into a tougher, less welcoming place (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Part coming-of-age story à la \u003ci\u003eThe Tender Bar\u003c\/i\u003e, and part window into the mysteries of the restaurant business à la \u003ci\u003eKitchen Confidential\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMemoir of the Sunday Brunch\u003c\/i\u003e is filled with tender wisdom about the bonds between fathers and daughters, and about the simple pleasures that lie in the daily ritual of breaking bread.","brand":"Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47134376820976,"sku":"9781616201913","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781616201913_p0.jpg?v=1769904285","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781616201913","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}