{"title":"Steve Hoffman","description":"\u003cp\u003eWelcome to our collection of works by Steve Hoffman, a captivating storyteller and insightful author renowned for his contributions to the Biography \u0026amp; Memoir genre. With his unique narrative style, Hoffman provides readers with an authentic glimpse into the intricacies of life, memory, and human experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmong his notable works is \u003cem\u003eA Season for That\u003c\/em\u003e, where Hoffman takes readers on a compelling journey through personal reflections and poignant moments. His ability to weave together vivid descriptions and heartfelt anecdotes makes each book in this collection a rewarding read for those who cherish true stories and introspective narratives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHoffman's books are celebrated for their depth and relatability, resonating with readers who appreciate the nuances of life depicted in a genuine and engaging manner. Dive into Steve Hoffman's body of work to explore an author whose writing continues to inspire and captivate audiences worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"a-season-for-that-by-steve-hoffman-9780593240304","title":"A Season for That","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this delightful memoir from a winner of the James Beard M.F.K. Fisher Distinguished Writing Award, an American food writer moves his family of unlikely expats to the French countryside, where the locals upend everything he knows about cooking and winemaking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this poignant, delicious memoir, American tax preparer and food writer Steve Hoffman tells the story of how he and his family move to the French countryside, where the locals upend everything he knows about food, wine, and learning how to belong.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSteve Hoffman is a perfectly comfortable middle-aged Minnesotan man who has always been desperately, pretentiously in love with France, more specifically with the idea of France. To follow that love, he and his family move, nearly at random, to the small, rural, scratchy-hot village of Autignac in the south of the country, and he immediately thinks he's made a terrible mistake. Life here is not holding your cigarette chest-high while walking to the café and pulling off the trick of pretending to be Parisian; it's getting into fights with your wife because you won't break character and introduce your very American family to the locals, who can smell you and your perfect city-French from a mile away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut through cooking what the local grocer tells him to cook, he feels more of this place. A neighbour leads him into the world of winemaking, where he learns not as a pedantic oenophile, but bodily, as a grape picker and winemaker's apprentice. Along the way, he lets go of the abstract ideas he'd held about France, discovering instead the beauty of a culture that is one with its landscape, and of becoming one with that culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Season for That\u003c\/em\u003e is an evocative exploration of finding one's place in a foreign land, blending culinary adventures with heartfelt personal growth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46545293705452,"sku":"9780593240304","price":34.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/5392833482399.jpg?v=1749800612"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/steve-hoffman.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}