Critical Praise

"The message of Volk's loopy, generous memoir, Stuffed, is that there is no such thing as too much food or too much feeling. . . . Stuffed is just what a good restaurant meal should be–soaked in atmosphere, full of strong flavors, handsome on the plate."

——Los Angeles Times

"Unnervingly delightful. . . . In these gorgeous, generous pages . . . the sweetness never ends. "

——The Miami Herald

"Taut, sharp... Vibrantly textured. . . . Volk has a gift for seeing the world in a grain of salt."

——The New York Times Book Review

"This funny, hearbreaking book is good enough to eat. A whole lost world is conjured up here, with a vitality and love of daily life that has no time for sentimentality."

——Philip Lopate

"My nominee for Book of the Year. . . It’s funny, it’s affecting, it’s wise, it’s New York, it’s close to the bone, it’s wonderfully well-written. Above all, it’s about how a real family functions."

——Michael M. Thomas, The New York Observer