Off Menu by Amy Rosen
(ECW Press)
June 17, 2025
A FIXTURE of Toronto food journalism (she recently contributed an essay about matzah balls to the anthology What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings) is trying her hand at a beach read. The premise: twenty-something protagonist Ruthie Cohen’s bubbe’s has left her an inheritance of $62,863.42 with one instruction: “Follow your passion, Dollface.” This inspires her to learn the art of French cuisine in classes where she meets an unattainable object of desire, all while dealing with the prospect of reuniting with an earlier vacation fling. Presumably there’s some cooking in the story, too. Marc Weisblott
