In the early 1960s, twenty-seven-year-old Joan Bergstrom sends a letter of appreciation to Imogen Fortier, a columnist living in Washington and nearing sixty. Unexpectedly, the two develop a fast friendship, bonding over favorite foods, national crises, and intimate personal matters. Half the joy of this book is the easygoing and increasingly heartfelt camaraderie between the two women at its center; author Kim Fay seasons their correspondence with some of the finest culinary descriptions in recent fiction—Indian curry and grilled crab, blackberry liqueur and sweet potato pie, and smoked salmon. An authentic and never-too-saccharine novel of letters that doubles as a celebration of deep friendship.