Kim Sunée

Kim Sunée (born 1970, South Korea) is an American memoirist and food writer, known for her 2008 memoir "Trail of Crumbs: Hunger, Love, and the Search for Home", published by Grand Central Publishing.

Sunée was abandoned by her mother in a South Korean market at age 3, and adopted by a couple from New Orleans, Louisiana. At 18, she traveled to Europe to study, first living in France and then Sweden; in Sweden in 1992, she met and entered into a long-term romantic relationship with Olivier Baussan, the founder of the L'Occitane cosmetics company. Sunée's book tells about her life through her breakup with Baussan, interspersed with recipes.

Sunée's book has received favorable reviews from publications such as the Chicago Tribune [ [http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/booksmags/chi-crumbsbw26jan26,1,7801441.story Looking for home - Los Angeles - chicagotribune.com ] ] , the San Francisco Chronicle [ [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/01/18/RV1OU8V5K.DTL Sunée leaves a 'Trail of Crumbs' in her search for herself ] ] , and Epicurious [ [http://www.epicurious.com/articlesguides/blogs/editor/2008/01/book-review-tra.html The Epi-Log on Epicurious.com: Literary Tastes: A Book Review for Trail of Crumbs ] ] .

After ending her relationship with Baussan, Sunée returned to the United States. She now lives in Birmingham, Alabama, and is food editor for "Cottage Living" magazine, a Time Warner publication.

References

* [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/20/dining/20crumbs.html?pagewanted=1 Mimi Read, "Life as a Repast, Not Yet Complete"] , New York Times, Feb. 20, 2008

External links

* [http://www.kimsunee.com/ Official site]