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Hungry: What Eighty Ravenous Guys Taught Me About Life, Love, And The Power Of Good Food (2013)

by Darlene Barnes(Favorite Author)

3.45 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1401305032 (ISBN13: 9781401305031)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Hyperion

review 1: Barnes writes a memoir that reads more like an extended outline than a memoir. Barnes covers her childhood, her experience working for a Texas Billionaire, and her time as a chef in the Fraternity house in Seattle. While all of these events are mentioned in a scrambled pattern, there is very little detail. The only thing the author makes clear (through repetition) is that she is a self-proclaimed difficult person to work with. I wanted more detail on what she cooked with the organic and local ingredients she worked so hard to procure, more personal details or even descriptions to help form some mental image of the people she worked with for so many years. So much telling and so little showing left me feeling as if I'd read a report rather than a me... moremoir.
review 2: I LOVED this book!! Ms. Barnes humanizes the Greek system of frat boys. They are what we all think they are but she also shows their loyalty to each other and their deep friendships. I fell in love with these guys through her wonderful writing! I felt like I was sitting in her kitchen listening to her stories. She is not the typical warm "house mom" but a passionate chef with a sharp tongue. Her goal with "her guys" is to give them fresh local food and inspire other houses to do the same. She is also trying to get some respect for a job she loves but others look down upon. less

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