Feast: True Love out and in of the Kitchen

The compulsively readable memoir of a lady at conflict—with herself, together with her physique, and with meals—whereas working her manner by means of the underbelly of New York Metropolis’s glamorous culinary scene.

Hannah Howard is a Columbia College freshman when she lands a hostess job at Picholine, a Michelin-starred restaurant in Manhattan. Eighteen years previous and desirous to study, she’s invigorated by the manic vitality and knife-sharp focus of the crew. By day Hannah explores the Columbia arts scene, struggling to search out her place. By evening she’s intoxicated by containers of heady truffles and intrigued by the meals trade’s insiders. She’s hungry for information, success, and love, however she’s additionally ravenous as a result of she hasn’t eaten greater than yogurt and occasional in days.

Hannah is hiding an consuming dysfunction. The excruciatingly late nights, demanding cooks, dangerous boyfriends, and harmful obsessions have left a void inside her that she will be able to’t fill. To reconcile her relationships with the meals she worships and a physique she struggles to simply accept, Hannah’s going to should study to nourish her soul.