Hunger / Jane Ward.

1. Proofs;
2. The man who ate with his hands;
3. Learning to eat;
4. The lone wolf;
5. Mise en place;
6. hunger;
7. gifts of food.

Anna Rossi grew up in a home where every meal was boiled until the flavor was gone. Now, years later, a gifted cook, she finds her own appetite draining away as her marriage dissolves into blandness. Desperate to hold her lawyer husband's attention for more than five minutes, she convinces him to go on a second honeymoon in new hampshire - only to find that, in the end, they have nothing left to say to each other.
Taking her six-year-old daughter, sara, anna moves to a New hampshire ski area, where she begins a new life as a kitchen assisstant in a friend's busy restaurant. With the help of exacting sous-chef, james, anna begins to rediscover the simple pleasures of a life lived on one's own terms-along with the sweetness of fresh blueberry jam, the salty tang of blue cheese, and the warm, comforting, and earthy taste of mushrooms. But just as Anna's appetite begins to make a healthy reappearance, a phone call from her less vibrant past forces her to make an important choice. Anna's decision may change the way she has come to view the world and ave devastating effects on the flavor of her future.
In her captivating debut novel, Jane Ward take a sensual and heartbreaking look at love, hunger, and appetite for life, and the myriad pleasures of a good meal well served.