Justice Is Served: A Tale of Scallops, the Law, and Cooking for RBG

The book is a romp from cover to coverand, just like a great meal, left me ready for more. Karen Shimizu, Executive Editor, Food & Wine When Leslie Karst learned that her offer to cook dinner for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her renowned tax law professor husband, Marty, had been accepted, she was thrilledand terrified. A small-town lawyer who hated her job and had taken up cooking as a way to add a bit of spice to the daily grind of pumping out billable hours, Karst had never before thrown such a high-stakes dinner party. Could she really pull this off? Justice Is Served is Karsts light-hearted, earnest account of the journey this unexpected challenge launched her onstarting with a trip to Paris for culinary inspiration, and ending with the dinner itself. Along the way, she imparts details of Ginsburgs transformation from a young Jewish girl from Flatbush, Brooklyn, to one of the most celebrated Supreme Court justices in our nations history, and shares recipes for the mouthwatering dishes she came up with as she prepared for the big night. But this memoir isnt simply a tale of prepping for and cooking dinner for the famous RBG; its also about how this event, and all the planning and preparation that went into it, created a new sort of connection between Karst, her partner, and her parents, and also inspired Karst to make life changes that would reverberate far beyond one dinner party. A heartfelt story of simultaneously searching for delicious recipes and purpose in life, Justice Is Served is an inspiring reminder that its never too late to discoverand followyour deepest passion.