Desire Feeds the Feast: A Memoir by Morrell, Tarajia
Desire Feeds the Feast: A Memoir by Morrell, Tarajia

Desire Feeds the Feast: A Memoir

"What begins as the story of ambition gradually reveals itself to be a meditation on love, grief,...
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Author: Tarajia Morrell
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Desire Feeds the Feast: A Memoir by Morrell, Tarajia

Desire Feeds the Feast: A Memoir

$33.60
Desire Feeds the Feast: A Memoir by Morrell, Tarajia

Desire Feeds the Feast: A Memoir

$33.60
Author: Tarajia Morrell
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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"What begins as the story of ambition gradually reveals itself to be a meditation on love, grief, home, and the discipline of caring for others. I finished this book feeling less that I had read someone's life than that I had been reminded how to better inhabit my own."
--Andy Baraghani, author of The Cook You Want to Be

Before she understood herself, Tarajia Morrell understood flavor.

Born to one of New York's most celebrated wine families, Tarajia Morrell grew up at the table, where conversation was wine-soaked and food was the love language--a merchant's daughter amid the Manhattan elite.

In this lush, lyrical memoir, the James Beard Award-winning writer traces a life shaped by hunger--for beauty, for love, for pleasure, and for belonging. From the electric excess of the late-'90s New York City club scene to Hollywood tables where she served celebrities, Tarajia moved through the world restless but hopeful, unsure of what would come next.

Wherever she found herself, the pleasures of food guided her. The brine and brightness of ceviche on a Uruguayan beach. The intoxicating sprawl of Barcelona's food markets. A perfectly ripe plum eaten over the sink by her graceful mother. Through deep heartbreak and loss, it was food that kept Tarajia tethered and whispered of who she was.

Desire Feeds the Feast is a boldly written memoir about the ache of lost loves, the comfort of a perfect bite, and the hard-won victory of finding home where least expected.

Author: Tarajia Morrell
Publisher: Zibby Publishing
Published: 11/03/2026
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.70w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9798994220610


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 10/01/2026

About the Author
Tarajia Morrell is a native New Yorker who grew up at the table. Her food and wine reporting and essays have appeared in WSJ. Magazine, T Magazine, Food & Wine, Departures, and Cherry Bombe, among other publications. Morrell is the co-author of James Beard Award-winner Savor: A Chef's Hunger for More, with Fatima Ali, and author of Soul of New York: A Guide to 30 Exceptional Experiences. She lives in Manhattan with her daughter.
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