Ann Hood’s “Kitchen Yarns” (W.W. Norton ... in the wonderful “Heartburn,” Hood retells the chapters of her life through culinary memories, ending each chapter with a recipe, sometimes ...

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Ann Hood’s “Kitchen Yarns” (W.W. Norton, 229 pp., ★★★½ out of four) arrives just in time to savor in the season when food becomes the expression of family, memories and love.