Hungry Hearts

Hungry Heart

By Clare Finney

Genre:-Food Memoir

Pages:-256

Publisher:-Aurum Press

Blurb:-THE TIME FOOD BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023

A soul-searching memoir for foodies everywhere.

 Let award-winning food writer Clare Finney take you on a passionate exploration of food and love. From family feasts to comfort food, first date to office cake; how does what we eat define us, and the relationships we have with others?

 In Hungry Heart award-winning food writer Clare Finney investigates the role that food plays in modern society, exploring how eating unites us in varied ways throughout our lives. Starting with her own childhood spent in her grandmother's hotel kitchen, she reflects on the food that has shaped the person she is today, through the lens of fourteen memorable recipes.

 Think of the dance of culinary courtship entailed in dating. Or the funeral foods that remind us of the connections between life and death, Finney examines the power of food and drink to attract, bind and define us- and of course, its power to divide and repel.

 Packed with transformative stories from the heart, this book may just change your relationship with food, dining and mealtimes. At a time when our relationship towards what, when and where we eat has become increasingly complicated, Hungry Heart is a feast. It's an honest, heart-warming account of humans breaking bread together and what that really means

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My Review:-Clare shares her story from being young, her parents divorced, friends at school, her first break 'proper' breakup, he grandad dying, through recipes and food. From scrambled eggs that her dad made in the microwave, that was shaped like the jug it was cooked in, 90s packed lunch, sharing a mint Viscount with friends Jenny and Amy, Grandad's scallops made from bits leftover from cutting the chips and not forgetting Nicholas, Clare's brother making their mam's Cheesy paste. Clare has included recipes at the end of each chapter. I think we can all relate to Clare's story, how food reminds us of places, a time and a person. I just loved this book.