Good book that was easy to enjoy and read. Lots of good thoughts in this one and I really enjoyed the different points of view.

Food Story by Elise Museles is a beautiful, impactful and eye-opening read on eating healthy by changing the way we feel about food. Almost two months into the new city, the one thing that's keeping me going is food and food books. Reading the recipes and the personal stories behind every recipe, not to mention the beautifully shot food photography, I find this whole experience to be very cathartic.

While Food Story is not a cook book per se, replete with exercises and questions that makes us shift our thoughts on eating without feeling guilty, it did contain a series of recipes at the end, which I found to be quite interesting.

I would definitely recommend this book for anyone who has always struggled with putting away the "food noise" and battled concerns of calories and carbs while enjoying a really good bite!

A big thank you to NetGalley & Sounds True Publishers for the ARC. ❤️

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Loved the first part, was a bit disappointed with what followed. I feel like the targeted audience might be one a little less educated than I am about food freedom and intuitive eating, as some things felt quite repetitive in the end. Still a useful book, and easy to read.

fantastic, wonderfully useful resource for anyone working on their relationship with food and body image. It's clear, accessible, and written with real compassion and respect for readers. This is not another diet book

In this world of fast food, stress, and need it now culture, this book is a welcome approach inviting us to rethink our relationship with food and body image. I certainly found it helpful and recommend it to all wanting to take a more considered approach to food.

Thank you to NetGalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Started out strong with a number of questions asking about your story around food - one everyone can relate to, I’m sure. We all have a relationship with food. I appreciated the discussion and questions but felt it dragged a bit and was simple and repetitive. There are recipes and information about getting the most from
what you eat which is valuable. All in all, it was a miss for me: too basic and redundant and almost as if I was reading a primer and being talked AT instead of to.

This is a fantastic, wonderfully useful resource for anyone working on their relationship with food and body image. It's clear, accessible, and written with real compassion and respect for readers. This is not another diet book and is blessedly free of fat-shaming, explicit or overt.

Instead, the reader is gently supported through discovering the messages they've internalized about food and their bodies and then examining them to decide whether they really benefit their well-being. Each chapter includes very helpful exercises to work through the process and readers will come away with a much better understanding of themselves and what they need. There is no expectation of perfection or everything being totally "fixed" like magic. Instead, the goal is to challenge limiting beliefs and cultivate new ways of understanding that will ultimately lead to health, peace, and contentment.

Many thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review!

I received a copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This book was pretty good in the beginning, but it went a bit downhill from there.

DNF. Didn’t like writing style. Picked up and put down few times. Just wasn’t for me. Thanks for chance to read this.

Put away the "Food Noise". What is your Food Story? What has shaped your perceptions around food and your food habits? This is what Elise Museles asks us to explore. Instead of trying diet after diet, she suggests we look into the psychology of why we eat the way we do, and urges us to rewrite those beliefs.

I loved the premise of this book - if you like worksheets, you will find plenty! The concept of eating based upon what mood you would like to feel was novel, and there is a lot of great advice on how to feel satisfied instead of deprived while eating healthily. My one bone to pick with this book is that after urging us to "let go of Food Noise", there is a chapter that introduces some more "Food Noise", although well-intentioned, the suggestions within (try to eat less meat to save the planet, try to eat sustainable, local and in season) could be a trigger for those who struggle with food scrupulosity.

Overall, I really enjoyed the science and stories in this book, and I am grateful to NetGalley and Sounds True Publishers for this ARC. All opinions are my own.

Food Story began promisingly. It makes the reader perform a self-check-in and think about their relationship with food - the focus being always the feelings surrounding eating. I was very interested in the relationship between different foods and moods that Elise Museles so expertly explored. But then it started de-escalating. Most of the chapters in the middle felt obvious advice or without a proper association with the theme of the book. The language itself wasn't the best, since it felt more condescending than friendly. This was okay for me at first, but as the chapters started straying and my interest diminishing, it started to bother me somewhat. Another thing I wasn't a fan of was how the book seemed to be written to a female audience, as I would have preferred it to feel more neutral and, as such, providing a safe and comforting place for all people interested in changing their food story. Finally, the recipes in the end were lovely. They all seemed fresh, delicious, healthy and a great way to spend some quality time in the kitchen (though I'd advise a little less avocados for an international audience - they're very rare and expensive in places like Europe). Even though overall I wasn't entirely pleased with the book I'll still take the advice that resonated with me and incorporate it in my daily life.