A smart, lively memoir from food writer and New York Times contributor Besha Ruddell, (formerly) one of the world's last anonymous restaurant critics.
When Bisha Rodel moved from Australia to the United States with her mother at 14, she was a stranger in a new land, missing her friends, her father, and the food she grew up on. In later years, Rodelle began working as a waitress and discovered the vibrancy of the restaurant world, immersing herself in the lifestyle and community, while at the same time encountering some...Shortcomings in this sector. As she started a family, Rudel achieved a dream that few women had before her: to become a restaurant critic.
From the streets of Brooklyn to green Atlanta, to sunny Los Angeles, to her travels around the world and her delicious tastings, to her return to Australia, Rudel takes us on a delicious, honest, and captivating journey through her life and career, exploring the history of criticism, the culinary arts, and the cultural shifts that have made us all obsessed with food.Hungry as Thirst* tells the stories of the joys and sorrows of Rudel's growing up, the amazing (and sometimes bad) meals she ate along the way, and the dear friends she made in every restaurant, workplace, and home.
