{"product_id":"book-jso8","title":"Hunger Like a Thirst","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWritten and read by food writer and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e contributor Besha Rodell-(formerly) one of the world's last anonymous restaurant critics-comes this this witty and lively memoir.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Besha Rodell moved from Australia to the United States with her mother at fourteen, she was a foreigner in a new land, missing her friends, her father, and the food she grew up eating. In the years that followed, Rodell began waitressing and discovered the buzz of the restaurant world, immersing herself in the lifestyle and community while struggling with the industry's shortcomings. As she built a family, Rodell realized her dream, though only a handful of women before her had done it: to make a career as a restaurant critic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the streets of Brooklyn to lush Atlanta to sunny Los Angeles to traveling and eating around the world, and, finally, home to Australia, Rodell takes us on a delicious, raw, and fascinating journey through her life and career and explores the history of criticism and dining and the cultural shifts that have turned us all into food obsessives. \u003ci\u003eHunger Like a Thirst\u003c\/i\u003e shares stories of the joys and hardships of Rodell's coming-of-age, the amazing (and sometimes terrible) meals she ate along the way, and the dear friends she made in each restaurant, workplace, and home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Macmillan Audio production from Celadon Books.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49793274478896,"sku":"BDjso8","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/jso8-Square-cover.jpg?v=1778175227","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-jso8","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}