Desire Feeds the Feast: A Memoir

Before she understood herself, Tarajia Morrell understood flavor.

Born to one of New York’s most celebrated wine families, Tarajia Morrell grew up at the table, where conversation was wine-soaked and food was the love language—a merchant’s daughter amid the Manhattan elite.

In this lush, lyrical memoir, the James Beard Award-winning writer traces a life shaped by hunger—for beauty, for love, for pleasure, and for belonging. From the electric excess of the late-’90s New York City club scene to...