Give Me a Solid: Rediscovering Food and Joy When Chewing or Swallowing Proves Difficult

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Joanne Brouard

Give Me a Solid

Rediscovering Food and Joy When Chewing or Swallowing Proves Difficult

Joanne Brouard

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English

Joanne Brouard
15 August 2025

Dietetics & nutrition; Diets & dieting; Cookery, food & drink; Health & wholefood cookery

A memoir/cookbook about resilience

When eating becomes challenging, many simple pleasures such as mealtime, comfort, and connection with others can slip away. But it doesn't have to be that way. In this uniquely personal and practical cookbook, Joanne Brouard, who struggles with swallowing due to OPMD, shares what helped her rediscover joy in food and daily life despite her condition. With compassion, personal insight, and original family recipes, Give Me a Solid is more than a cookbook. Beautifully illustrated with the author's art, it's a reminder that you can reclaim joy, one bite at a time.

By: Joanne Brouard
Imprint: Joanne Brouard
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 635g
ISBN: 9781068985904
ISBN 10: 1068985909
Pages: 172
Publication Date: 15 August 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Joanne Brouard is a French-Canadian author, visual artist, and former journalist living in Magog, Quebec. With a background in media and publishing, she now uses her creative voice and her personal experience with Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy (OPMD) to inspire and bring comfort to those living with invisible disabilities.

Reviews for Give Me a Solid: Rediscovering Food and Joy When Chewing or Swallowing Proves Difficult

""Joanne Brouard invites us into her world with honesty, humor, and heart, using her journey with OPMD and dysphagia not as a limitation, but as a launchpad to help others reclaim the joy of eating."" -MARK BLACK, CSP and author of The Resilience Roadmap: 7 Guideposts for Charting Your Course in a Chaotic World ""Give Me a Solid: Rediscovering Food and Joy When Chewing or Swallowing Proves Difficult is a thoughtful and well-constructed book that balances practical guidance with heartfelt writing. Brouard's anecdotes and recipes are comfortably presented and accessible, offering clear explanations without a lot of medical jargon."" -READERS' FAVORITE, 5 stars