DESIRE FEEDS THE FEAST

Morrell received a comprehensive education in food and drink from parents who ran a wine business. Moreover, her mother schooled her in social graces and an appreciation for beauty and knowledge, telling her, “Being erudite will only help you in life.” Morrell is erudite indeed, dropping $10 words (exuded, charlatan, unctuous) exactly where they fit. She’s also spectacularly unlucky throughout this memoir, from a terrible accident that ended her girlhood dream of being an equestrian to attaching herself to men who had “a tendency to fuck things up.” Her mother imparted “a restless sense of str

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