The Particular Sadness of Lemon CakeBy: Aimee Bender _______________________________ On the eve of her ninth birthday, Rose Edelstein bites into her mother's homemade lemon chocolate cake and discovers she has a magical gift: she can taste her mother's emotions in the slice. All at once her cheerful, can do mother tastes of despair and desperation. Suddenly, and for the rest of her life, food becomes perilous. Anything can be revealed at any meal. Rose's gift forces her to confront the