“I found myself quite moved by chapter 12, where Gima lists recipes that are good for sick friends who are stuck in the hospital. (These range from cinnamon buns or simple deviled eggs to — on the happy night before the patient’s release — a smuggled-in bottle of Champagne and a celebratory tin of caviar.) Ask yourself if you have ever seen a gourmet cookbook in which recipes for hospitalized friends are included. And it goes beyond mere food! If the patient is a child, my great-grandmother further suggests, be sure to bring him a little goldfish in a glass bowl, or one of those tiny turtles you can buy at any pet store; this will go far in easing a sick child’s boredom and loneliness.”

—excerpt from Elizabeth Gilbert’s upcoming book, At Home on the Range, which is the second printing of her great-grandmother’s cookbook, which Gilbert found when unpacking her things in her new home. Gilbert writes the preface, and brings her great-grandmother back to life, relaying stories that tie into the recipes. Read more here…

There’s also a Tumblr for the book, which is mostly authored by Gilbert’s cousin, Alexa Potter, who essentially inherited all of Gima’s kitchen.