Highly entertaining novel. Pace started off a little bit slow but I enjoyed the writing style enough to persevere and overall found the book very enjoyable

Thank you to NetGalley and the Publisher for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

A novel set in NYC about characters whose lives are enriched or risked by food.
Isabella is a young woman who loses her job.
Molly is an actress.
Soon, their paths cross when Isabella becomes a ghost writer for Molly’s upcoming cookbook.
I enjoyed the food scene, the themes around food, and the dynamics between the talented person and the entitled incompetent or weird rich person.
The writing was not fully to my taste, but I am glad this book exists.
It was fun.

This was such a wonderful read, full of heart and humour!
I really enjoyed both main characters in their own ways and I savoured each page for as long as I could.
Needless to say, it also made me very hungry!
Highly highly recommend, this would make the perfect summer read.

Ideal for foodies, this take on female friendship in the age of TikTok and Instagram is sure to leave many feeling deliciously satisfied. Introverted cook Isabella loses her job at Comestibles after messing up a cooking video, and stumbles into a ghostwriting job for mercurial actress Molly Babcock. This also forces her to re-examine her relationship with her flatmate Owen, the son of the media mogul who got her the ghostwriting deal.

While falling in love with sous-chef Gabe and trying to re-interest the wild actress in the recipes that Molly's mother lovingly curated before her death, Isabella also has to rewrite the script of her relationship with her own mother, whose hoarding and compulsive cooking is out of control. Well-paced with some terrific set-pieces, this is one of those 'would be a great Netflix series,' books that nonetheless stands up on its own, and it's always refreshing to see a male writer give us a non-cringey take on female characters. Some great jokes too!