Insatiable

With her passion for fine food and, above all, her appetite for love and life, Gael Greene traces her rise from a Velveeta cocoon in the Midwest to powerful critic of New York magazine. Love and food, foreplay and fork play, haute cuisine and social history–all become inextricably linked as the author lifts the lid on her most provocative subject yet–herself. Along the way there are tales of her saucy erotic adventures and intimate portraits of the culinary icons of our time–Julia Child, André Soltner, James Beard, among others–and revealing dissections of New York’s legendary “in” spots, including Elaine’s, Le Bernardin, Le Cirque, Odeon, and Balthazar.