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Food Person

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For fans of Nora Ephron and The Devil Wears Prada, a delicious comedy of manners about cooking, professional ambition, and friendship set in the chaotic food world of New York City. 'Think Bridget Jones if she were in The Bear' - SUNDAY TIMES STYLE 'The Devil... Read More
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For fans of Nora Ephron and The Devil Wears Prada, a delicious comedy of manners about cooking, professional ambition, and friendship set in the chaotic food world of New York City.

'Think Bridget Jones if she were in The Bear' - SUNDAY TIMES STYLE

'The Devil Wears Prada for devoted foodies' - PLUM SYKES

'Slyly satirical and richly comedic' - EVENING STANDARD

'Sharp, witty and funny' - INDEPENDENT

'A delicious debut' - PEOPLE

When twenty-something Isabella Pasternack is fired from a digital food magazine, she accepts a thankless job ghostwriting a cookbook for now-infamous actress, Molly Babcock. Molly, on a reputation mission now going south, meets Isabella's earnestness with indifference and downright cruelty. But, for the first time, Isabella is determined to dig in her heels.

Filled with a colourful cast of characters - including Isabella's acerbic roommate, her chaotic mother, and a burgeoning chef love interest - Food Person's slice of contemporary New York life is hilarious and hopeful, charting how the course of unapologetically forging your own future can lead to everyone getting their just deserts.

'A debut that's about as perfect as they come' - GRANT GINDER

'Hilarious, harrowing, and heartwarming' - J. RYAN STRADAL

'Utterly delicious and satisfying to the end' - MARY ROACH

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781804954478

Publisher: Cornerstone

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 May 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin (Cornerstone)

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 224g

Pages: 320

About the Author

Adam Roberts is the author of The Amateur Gourmet and Secrets of the Best Chefs, and coauthor of Give My Swiss Chards to Broadway. He started his food blog, The Amateur Gourmet, in 2004 and currently writes The Amateur Gourmet Newsletter on Substack. Roberts has also written for The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times, and for film and television. He lives in Brooklyn with his husband and their dog, Winston. Food Person is his first novel.

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