Born to one of New York’s most celebrated wine families, Tarajia Morrell grew up at the table, where conversation was wine-soaked and food was the love language --- a merchant’s daughter amid the Manhattan elite. In this lush, lyrical memoir, the James Beard Award-winning writer traces a life shaped by hunger --- for beauty, for love, for pleasure and for belonging. From the electric excess of the late-’90s New York City club scene to Hollywood tables where she served celebrities, Tarajia moved through the world restless but hopeful, unsure of what would come next. Wherever she found herself, the pleasures of food guided her. Through deep heartbreak and loss, it was food that kept Tarajia tethered and whispered of who she was.