''Think Bridget Jones if she were in The Bear'' SUNDAY TIMES STYLE ''Slyly satirical and richly comedic'' EVENING STANDARD ''Literally the most delicious beach read ... The Devil Wears Prada for devoted foodies'' PLUM SYKES ''Utterly delicious and satisfying to the end'' MARY ROACH ''A savoury meal of a debut. Charming, witty ... You''ll want seconds!'' STEVEN ROWLEY What if Andy Sachs worked in a test kitchen ... When twenty-something Isabella Pasternack is fired from her job at a digital food magazine, she accepts a thankless job for the paycheck: ghostwrite the very past-due cookbook for a once-beloved thirty-something actress, Molly Babcock. Molly, trying to repair her reputation after a serious downward spiral, meets Isabella''s earnest attempts to connect with inconsistency, indifference, and cruelty. But, for the first time in her life, Isabella is determined to dig in her heels, and figure out if there''s anything Molly actually knows how to cook (or even likes to eat). Isabella''s slice of contemporary New York is filled out by a cast including: Isabella''s acerbic roommate and best friend Owen, her widowed mother whose cooking isn''t only bad, it''s dangerous, and of course a handsome chef love interest. Hilarious and hopeful, at its core, Food Person is about commitment to self-discovery, the beauty of community, and how unapologetically forging your own future can lead to everyone getting the ending they deserve. And of course, very delicious food. ''Hilarious, harrowing, and heartwarming ... if you are not a food person already, it may make one out of you'' J. RYAN STRADAL ''A debut that''s about as perfect as they come ... Get ready for a riotous romp'' GRANT GINDER

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Adam Roberts is the author of The Amateur Gourmet and Secrets of the Best Chefs, and coauthor of Give My Swiss Chards to Broadway. He started his food blog, The Amateur Gourmet, in 2004 and currently writes The Amateur Gourmet Newsletter on Substack. Roberts has also written for The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times, and for film and television. He lives in Brooklyn with his husband and their dog, Winston. Food Person is his first novel.

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'Think Bridget Jones if she were in The Bear' SUNDAY TIMES STYLE

'The Devil Wears Prada for devoted foodies' PLUM SYKES

'Slyly satirical and richly comedic' EVENING STANDARD

'Sharp, witty and funny' INDEPENDENT

'A delicious debut' PEOPLE

When twenty-something Isabella Pasternack is fired from a digital food magazine, she accepts a thankless job ghostwriting a cookbook for now-infamous actress, Molly Babcock. Molly, on a reputation mission now going south, meets Isabella's earnestness with indifference and downright cruelty. But, for the first time, Isabella is determined to dig in her heels.

Filled with a colourful cast of characters - including Isabella's acerbic roommate, her chaotic mother, and a burgeoning chef love interest - Food Person's slice of contemporary New York life is hilarious and hopeful, charting how the course of unapologetically forging your own future can lead to everyone getting their just deserts.

'A debut that's about as perfect as they come' GRANT GINDER

'Hilarious, harrowing, and heartwarming' J. RYAN STRADAL

'Utterly delicious and satisfying to the end' MARY ROACH