"The cookbook doesn't just have the best title we've ever heard…Charles' new cookbook-cum-memoir, Lobster Rolls & Blueberry Pie is packed with Maine lore, family memories, and recipes for local delicacies, and it will remind you of the best summers you ever had."
O Magazine, Deep Dish

"This charmer from the chef of Pearl Oyster Bar recounts the three generations of Charles' family..."
NY Post

"...the result is a readable, very digestable memoir that will make readers feel as if they're already on a seachore vacation."
NY Daily News

"...in [Lobster Rolls & Blueberry Pie Rebecca Charles] and Deborah DiClementi tell a tale, accompanied by fine recipes."
Florence Fabricant, New York Times

"Even when the tiny Pearl Oyster Bar expands into the neighboring space next month, scoring a seat won't be easy, but you can while away the wait reading chef Rebecca Charles's new book...."
New York Magazine

"Family stories and summer memories in the seaside resort of Kennebunkport serve as a backdrop for this cookbook that is equal parts culinary how-to and family album."
Daily News, Newport, Virginia

"Charles is a pleasure to read...you'll have this book plastered open on your kitchen counter all summer."
New York Times Book Review, June 1, 2003

"If heaven exists on a dinnerplate, this is it...The result is a homespun travelogue that's breezy, practical and likely to charm even armchair gourmands not particular to the beach."
LA Times News Service

"The result is the deliciously entertaining "Lobster Rolls & Blueberry Pie" a cookbook-memoir…[that]reads like a novel with recipes."
USA Weekend

"NPR's Liane Hanson recently spoke with Charles about [her] new book of recipes and family history..."
National Public Radio

Charles, owner and head chef of the widely hailed Pearl Oyster Bar in Manhattan, offers her hard-drinking, quick-learning adventures in the restaurant business...they make for a piquant prelude to her recipes."
Publisher's Weekly

"In Lobster Rolls & Blueberry Pie, Charles follows three generations of women in her family on their summer retreats to Kennebunkport, Maine, wrapping her narrative in recipes and culinary reminiscences."
Elle Magazine