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Author Hannah Howard to Discuss Memoir at Greenwich Library

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Hannah Howard

Author Hannah Howard will discuss her recently published memoir entitled Feast: True Love in and Out of the Kitchen on Thursday, June 7 at 7 p.m. in the Library Meeting Room.

In Feast, a Columbia University freshman lands a hostess job at Picholine, a Michelin-starred restaurant in Manhattan. Hannah Howard is eighteen years old and eager to learn, she’s invigorated by the manic energy and knife-sharp focus of the crew. By day, Hannah explores the Columbia arts scene, struggling to find her place. By night she’s intoxicated by boxes of heady truffles and intrigued by the food industry’s insiders. She’s hungry for knowledge, success, and love, but she’s also ravenous because she hasn’t eaten more than yogurt and coffee in days. Hannah is hiding an eating disorder.

The excruciatingly late nights, demanding chefs, bad boyfriends, and destructive obsessions have left a void inside her that she can’t fill. To reconcile her relationships with the food she worships and a body she struggles to accept, Hannah’s going to have to learn to nourish her soul.

Howard is a writer and food expert who spent her formative years in New York eating, drinking, serving, bartending, cooking on a hot line, and flipping giant wheels of cheese in Manhattan landmarks such as Picholine and Fairway Market. She received her BA from Columbia University in creative writing and anthropology in 2009. She is currently pursuing her MFA in creative nonfiction at the Bennington Writing Seminars, where she is a recipient of the Lucy Grealy Scholarship. Her work has been published in New York magazine, VICE, and Self. She also mentors women recovering from eating disorders by helping them build happy, healthy relationships with food and themselves. She lives in New York City.

Books will be available for purchase and signing through Diane’s Books. This series is open to all at no charge, but registration is suggested on the Library’s calendar. For more information, contact Health Librarian Sandra Chan at schan@greenwichlibrary.org or call 203-625-6549.

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