Omelette is a food memoir by Jessie Ware, the English singer-songwriter known for her award-winning albums Devotion and What’s Your Pleasure?, among others. In her first solo publication, Ware draws on her deep love of cooking and eating to spark conversations about love, friendship, motherhood, and everything in between. Told in a series of essays, the book moves along at a fast clip, feeling like a treasured collection of snapshots instead of a comprehensive memoir. Each essay is centered around food—there’s a chapter on spaghetti bolognese, on Nando’s takeout chicken, and on “Alcohol, in All its Forms,” to give an idea of the variety—and they take us through Ware’s eccentric childhood, her teen years spent dancing through London’s clubs, and her current life as an artist, wife and mother. Some chapters include a recipe at the end, while others simply share a story, and all are generously packed with humor and warmth.

The funny (and wonderful) thing about Omelette is that, if you didn’t already know Jessie Ware is a famous musician, you might miss that fact entirely while reading her book. Sure, at one point Ware mentions that she’s “just finished a summer of festivals,” and at another, references the time that Prince remixed one of her songs, but for the majority of the time, Ware doesn’t really talk about her music, and she certainly doesn’t harp on her major success. She instead focuses on moments that everyone can relate to—going over to a schoolfriend’s house and relishing in their different snack offerings, surviving a fight with a college roommate over dirty dishes—and, of course, the food that accompanies each of these moments. Ware has an easy, chatty intimacy that made me feel like I was sitting at her kitchen table, listening to her stories; my favorite essay was “Milk,” in which she opens up about her struggle with breastfeeding and how she came to terms with all the expectations that come with motherhood. Intentional yet playful, Omelette reads like a dish cooked by taste instead of measurements: perfectly seasoned and endlessly surprising.

I’d recommend this book to:

• Anyone looking for candid and hilarious writing… it’s similar in style to I’ll Show Myself Out by Jessi Klein
• Anyone who loves stories about growing up, and all the glorious, awkward bits that happen along the way… it’s similar in theme to Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton
• Anyone craving something light, intimate, and comforting… it’s similar in tone to Have I Told You This Already? by Lauren Graham