One of Vanity Fairs Books That Will Get You Through This Winter One of the most uniquely fun and campily gory books in my recent memory... A Certain Hunger has the voice of a hardboiled detective novel as if metaphorhappy Raymond Chandler handed the reins over to the sexedup femme fatale and really let her fly. The New York Times Food critic Dorothy Daniels loves what she does. Discerning meticulous and very very smart Dorothys clear mastery of the culinary arts make it likely that she could on any given night whip up a more inspired dish than any one of the chefs she writes about. Dorothy loves sex as much as she loves food and while she has struggled to find a longterm partner that can keep up with her she makes the best of her single life frequently traveling from Manhattan to Italy for a taste of both. But there is something within Dorothy thats different from everyone else and having suppressed it long enough she starts to embrace what makes Dorothy uniquely terrifyingly herself. Recounting her life from a seemingly idyllic farmtotable childhood the heights of her career to the moment she plunges an ice pick into a mans neck on Fire Island Dorothy Daniels show us what happens when a woman finally embraces her superiority. A satire of early foodieism a critique of how gender is defined and a showcase of virtuoso storytelling Chelsea G. Summers A Certain Hunger introduces us to the food worlds most charming psychopath and an exciting new voice in fiction. show more