About the Author

Jennie Shortridge loves to cook and loves to eat, and has been called a "good eater" by one, if not both, grandmothers. Throughout her varied work life, she has worked as a plumber, sung in rock-and-roll bands, cooked in the occasional cafe, developed recipes for Mountain High Yoghurt, and written for magazines including Mademoiselle and Glamour. Eating Heaven is Jennie's second novel and she is currently at work on her third. She makes her home in Seattle, Washington with her husband and two eccentric but charming cats.

About the Book
Nothing gets Eleanor Samuels's heart racing like a double scoop of mocha fudge chunk. Sure, the magazine writer may have some issues aside from food, but she isn't quite ready to face them. Then her beloved Uncle Benny falls ill, and what at first seems scary and daunting becomes a blessing in disguise. Because while she cooks and cares for him-and enjoys a delicious flirtation with a new chef in town-Eleanor begins to uncover some long-buried secrets about her emotionally frayed family and may finally get the chance to become the woman she's always wanted to be.