Slices of Life: A Food Writer Cooks through Many a Conundrum

<p>For nearly a decade, Leah Eskin has been serving up chronicles of everyday life, along with mouthwatering recipes, to the readers of her &quot;Home on the Range&quot; column in the <i>Chicago Tribune</i>. Now she has whipped up <i>Slice of Life</i>, a collection of her columns covering everything from her early married days to parenting adolescents - and everything in between. From &quot;Best Friend Biscuits&quot; to &quot;Recovery Paella&quot; to &quot;Sullen Child Oatmeal Squares,&quot; there's always a recipe to cope with life's sticky situations: the dinner party gone awry, the mortifying soccer match, the houseguest who eats nothing, the teenager who won't listen. She tells the story of family life through its ordinary disasters - and pleasures.<br></p><p><i>Slice of a Life</i> is both a charming memoir told through food, and with more than 200 recipes, it's also a delectable cookbook that will enchant anyone who appreciates the big and little moments of life.</p><br>