My recommended book this month is Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert.
I enjoyed this book for several reasons: The chapter on Italy (Eat) is fantastic! I imagined Rome and eating the best pizza in the world in Napoli. Quite frankly, l loved thinking about food as I read about her journey. It also struck me as a bold, courageous move to do something so outrageous as to move to Italy for several months to learn Italian.
But, the book isn't just about eating in Italy, it's also about her stay at an Ashram in India (Pray), which for me was the most difficult part of the book, but also necessary. It's a very personal journey that she shares with us.
The last chapter takes place in Indonesia (Love) and it is very open and beautiful. If you want to be a part of one woman's spiritual journey, I would recommend Eat Pray Love. If not, I have a wonderful cook book that you might be interested in.
Oh yes, an Ashram is a secluded dwelling of a Hindu sage, or the group of disciples instructed there or a religious retreat. Definition courtesy of Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary.
