THE RECIPE BOX

Sam Mullins left her family orchard in Michigan to work for a cantankerous celebrity chef in New York. Then one disastrous day she walks out and flies home to mull over what's next. Susan Bennett does a beautiful job narrating Sam's discovery of family stories, recipes, and . . . herself. Bennett's delivery of Sam's sprightly but faltering speech contrasts well with that of her grandmother, Willow, whose confident and dynamic voice has just the right gravelly quality to reflect her age. Bennett is masterful in her differentiation of the three generations of Mullins women, and she injects authenticity into the New York and Jersey accents that are peppered into this love letter to Michigan summers. A.L.C. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine [Published: AUGUST 2018]