What should you do if you’re over fifty, your husband suddenly leaves you and marries a young colleague, your children have grown up and are interested only in their own problems, there’s no work in sight for you, and life seems not to be finished, but at least completely meaningless? Hold on to what you love the most and pull yourself out of the swamp toward a new life! In Oleg Roy’s new novel “The Taste of Life,” exactly that is what happens: practically the only thing that remained with Natasha, the main character, after her cozy—and so dull—world collapsed, is a passionate love for cooking. How can such a hobby help change her life? Fundamentally. With unshakable persistence, a bit of luck, and a good cookbook. The main thing is to feel the taste of life—and everything will work out!