num_pages: 272
description: The book is as much about nourishment as it is food. Barnes' affection for the fraternity brothers carries the narrative. . . . A heartening memoir of good food and tough love.--Kirkus ReviewsNewly arrived in Seattle Darlene Barnes stumbles on a job ad for a cook at the Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity on the University of Washington campus a prospect most serious food professionals would automatically reject. But Barnes envisions something other than kegs and corn dogs; she sees an opportunity to bring fresh real food to an audience accustomed to Asian Surprise and other unidentifiable casseroles dropped off by a catering service. And she also sees a chance to reinvent herself by turning a maligned job into meaningful work of her own creation: I was the new girl and didn't know or care about the rules. Naively expecting a universally appreciative audience Barnes finds a more exasperatingly challenging environment: The kitchen is nasty the basement is scary and the customers are not always cooperative. Undaunted she gives as good as she gets with these foul-mouthed and irreverent--but also funny and sensitive--guys. Her passion for real food and her sharp tongue make her kitchen a magnet for the brothers new recruits and sorority girls tired of frozen dinners. Laugh-out-loud funny and poignant Hungry offers a female perspective on the real lives of young men tells a tale of a woman's determined struggle to find purpose and explores the many ways that food feeds us.
language: English
title: Hungry: What Eighty Ravenous Guys Taught Me about Life, Love, and the Power of Good Food
publisher: Hyperion