The New York Journal of Books, in a review of Blue Plate Special, called it "remarkable" and compared it to the writings of Laurie Colwin: "If Colwin is the All American Girl Cook, Ms. Christensen is more wild, plunging into worldly episodes from Bedouins baking dough disks on hot rocks for breakfast in the desert to daylong meals during a cold Maine winter."[1]The New York Times found it "a paean to cooking and food, from the homey to the haute" and "a toothsome blend of personal and social history."[2]
^"Blue Plate Special (starred review)". Kirkus Reviews. Kirkus Media LLC. April 29, 2013. Retrieved February 9, 2017. A novelist's deliciously engrossing exploration of her life through the two major passions that have defined it: food and writing.
^Watman, Max (July 31, 2013). "A Meal of One's Own". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
