Starting by saying I loved the cover. As for what’s inside the book, it’s a lot of chaos, lots and lots of love for cookbooks and food, rich people behaving badly, humor with a side of cringe moments. The food writing in this one is obviously well done and mouthwatering. The story itself is a contemporary fiction that mostly follows some known tropes but does so in its own way and its own sequencing and I liked the freshness that it brought. It’s also a sweet reminder of the power of food in evoking memories and emotions.

Isabella loves food and wants nothing more than to fully immerse herself into that world. She loses her job at a digital food magazine, and needs to figure out how to move on with her life. She needs. job, and ends up agreeing to ghostwrite a cookbook for an actress (Molly) who has fallen from grace. Molly proves difficult to work with, but as the relationship develops between Isabella and Molly they both learn and grow and begin to understand how they have each come to this place in their lives.

I really enjoyed diving deep into the food world through Isabella's cooking and love of food. I also enjoyed the mismatch of Molly and Isabella, and watching them learn about each other and how their relationship develops. The characters had depth, and there were moments that were funny as well a touching.

Overall it was an entertaining book that should not be read on an empty stomach!

Not a fan.... storyline was all over the place, is is mislabeled genre in my opinion & characters just weren't engagable. Loved the cover art though. Thanks to Netgalley for this ARC

Adored this book! it was super interesting to read and it was a fun change of pace. I would love to read more from this author and appreciate the ARC

After getting fired from her food magazine job, Isabella tentatively accepts a gig ghostwriting a cookbook for Molly Babcock, a disgraced former teen star looking for a comeback. While she’s not quite surprised that Molly’s a major nightmare, she’s surprised to realize that she’s finding Molly quite charming. I adored every last second of this book. I feverishly downed it in just two sittings because it was exactly what I was looking for—equal parts heartfelt and hilarious and packed with food world details to boot. Such a love letter to cooking and food writing and New York City. I clearly LOVED it.

Food Person is a fun, foodie rom-com about a chaotic writer who flames out on live TV and ends up ghostwriting a cookbook for a wild celebrity. It’s messy in a good way—funny, fast-paced, and full of over-the-top food world drama. It gave Devil Wears Prada vibes but with kitchen meltdowns. Some people said it gets a little silly or that the main character's kind of flaky, but honestly, I didn’t mind. It’s light, weirdly relatable, and made me want to cook something ridiculous after. It felt like a comfort read!

One of the most elusive types of books I love to sink my teeth into is the novel I forget isn't a memoir. This is one of those novels. Adam Roberts' real expertise in food writing made this such a believable world. I kept looking at my cookbook collection and grinning every time Isabella thought about Molly Baz, Claire Saffitz, Samin Nosrat, Gabrielle Hamilton, and Madhur Jaffrey. In addition to reading the copy provided, I also listened to the audiobook production and enjoyed that immensely as well. This may be Adam Roberts' first novel, but I truly hope it isn't his last.

Thank you so much to Adam Roberts and Knopf for the ARC of this fantastic book!

I loved every single second of this book! Isabella our endearing FMC takes a job ghost writing for the not so endearing Molly. This book was equal parts hilarious, heart felt, and delicious. The detailed food descriptions and recipes were mouth watering. There are multiple complex relationships and every single one was handle and resolved beautifully. Both of the main characters had story arcs that showed reflection and growth. I was so impressed by this book and its execution!

What a lovely book. This was an interesting book about this woman named l. S.A. BEL LA. She looked cookbook so much.She worked at a company but got fired. She mentioned a lot.
Of the different people in the cooking field. Her roommate was Owen whose father was a big time player in new york. He was really good to hear because she was always struggling. Mother was also in New York and she had problems as well. Because her husband died. Isabella was trying to help her mother and she found out when she was collecting these food to give to the homeless people that became sick. Molly was a famous TV actor but wasn't working and she wanted to write a cookbook.So isabella got the job to be a ghost writer. This became really interesting because she met her boyfriend at 1 of the fancy restaurants in New York City. Well, it was very hard to work with because she wanted things her way and not Isabella's way. They go to Molly's home in New Jersey and found a cookbook. Her mother was clipping recipes out. Isabella was trying to make these recipes, but Molly went nothing to do with it. A lot of different things happen in this book.At the end , you will find out how a fire in a house led to many different avenues

love books about restaurants, chefs, cooking, food, and all the other related topics. This compelling story had everything and more: Isabella, our main character, and Molly, our once popular soap opera actress who’s somewhat down on her luck due to scandal. When Isabella is hired to ghostwrite a cookbook for Molly, she has no idea what she’s in for—-because Molly is a mess. There are many reasons why this can’t work: Molly doesn’t cook, she knows nothing about the kitchen, she has no plan about how to start, and worst of all, she doesn’t like food and doesn’t eat! Isabella can and does do all these things, but she’s just the ghostwriter and she’s just trying to make some money and get her writing career going.

Molly is hot and cold, mostly cold. She gives Isabella occasional hope that she has an emotional connection to food and recipes, but in the next breath it’s as if she didn’t even have the conversation about it and she’s much more interested in drinking and drugs and her wild pseudo-friends. It’s never predictable whether she’ll be awake and texting at 3 am or whether she’ll remember anything the next day. She has flashes of vulnerability and Isabella is constantly trying to figure out where the real Molly is. And in all of this there are deadlines for Isabella and Molly really couldn’t care less!

Honestly, I really liked this book! I’m giving it 4.5 stars rounded up!

I received a copy of the digital ARC via the publisher and NetGalley. My review is voluntary.

Thank you to Knopf Books and to Netgalley for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Food Person is a fast paced, incredibly refreshing coming of age story about a young food writer who after getting fired from her low level online writing job is offered the opportunity to ghost write a cookbook for a B list celebrity trying to rehab her party girl image and make an acting comeback.

I absolutely loved this book. It is if the exquisite food prose of Casey McQuiston's "The Pairing" had a baby with the raw coming of age story of Haley Jakobson's "Old Enough". Isabella shows so much growth and character development over the course of this novel. You really get to see her acknowledge that the people in her life are treating her poorly and genuinely start making better choices in a way that had me rooting for her the whole time. The food descriptions are written with such care and genuine love that this could only have been written by a "food person" but it is also so much more than just a foodbook. I am not seeing anywhere near enough love for this book!

A delectable comedy of manners about cooking, ambition, and friendship set in the food world as a young and socially awkward writer takes a job ghostwriting the cookbook for a famous (and famously chaotic) Hollywood starlet

"For Isabella, forced camaraderie was worse than boneless, skinless chicken breasts."

It feels appropriate that I devoured this book in an evening—the story was fast-paced and delicious, and you could really tell that Adam Roberts cares deeply about food. I think I was expecting a bit more of a romance, so I was pleasantly surprised that most of the tension here was between Isabella and her volatile employers, but my god was I hanging on the edge of my seat through bad decision after bad decision. Selfishly, I would have liked for the cookbook Isabella *wanted* to write to be the one that actually made it to press, but for the character development, blah blah, I see the point. I also wanted to spend more time with her sous-chef boyfriend in his kitchen, but I also could drool just reading his grocery list. I want to see sumptuous meals featured more in fiction. The people need to be FED!!

Thank you to Knopf for the opportunity to read and review!

Okay so I hate this cover, why is there a comb in spaghetti?! Otherwise, I loved this book so much. I related to Isabella as someone who loves food and just wants to write about it. There were so many great references to restaurants, chefs and cookbooks. And also some serious WTF moments that were shocking. Plus, a sweet romance with a chef! If you are a foodie or a fan of the Food Network, I think you would love this book. I received an advance review copy for free and I'm leaving this review voluntarily.

I love books about food and food culture, so this was right up my alley. The descriptions of food and cookbooks were interesting, and the main character's love for them was endearing. When she takes a job ghostwriting a cookbook for a Hollywood star, mayhem ensues. I really enjoyed reading about her efforts to do her job, to pin down the flaky star, and to create something she was proud of. I also liked how she grew up, came out of her shell, and figured out what she wanted to do with herself.

I would say this had a few flaws - such as things wrapped up too quickly - but overall, the book was thoroughly enjoyable and a great summer read.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read an advance copy of this novel.

An enjoyable read whether you're a foodie or not. Isabella is the consummate foodie. It is her reason to be. When she finds herself summarily fired from her job, she is desperate and takes a job as a cookbook ghostwriter to get herself back on track and well, pay her bills. Turns out that Molly, the face and name of the cookbook turns out to be useless in the kitchen and a giant pain in her butt. The story is light, silly, funny, frustrating, annoying, redemptive, delicious, hunger inducing, emotional and shows the growth of the characters. Can Isabella save them both from losing it all? I enjoyed reading this book. A nice debut novel from the author, who previously has written cookbooks. Definitely looking forward to what comes next from him.



I received a copy of this book from Netgalley.com in exchange for a fair and honest review.

I have always loved reading stories revolving around food. I picked this book blindly just because the cover and title were calling my name. I had no idea what the story was about and.. I LOVED EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS BOOK! I cannot believe this is a debut! We are following Isabella who has always loved food and cooking, but she is unfortunately at a standstill: crappy job, non-existent social life, even less existent love life, father got killed a few years ago in an accident, mother is present but a difficult human to get along with,,.. to top things off, Isabella gets fired from her shitty gig. Which turns to be a blessing in disguise as she gets offered to be a ghostwriter for a celebrity cookbook. Will she take the job? And if she does, will this be a satisfying experience that could bring more opportunities her way?

This book was funny, but also psychologically interesting to dig into: all characters come across first as typical stereotypes. When digging deeper though, we discover depth that make us understand and even appreciate the non-likeable characters in this NY setting. It was also interesting looking into the life-altering decision Isabella was facing on several occasions and witness the way she handled them.

Ultimately, I loved following a character in search of her place in the world. We all know how hard it is to figure out what you want to do in life. Or if you know, and you get an opportunity that doesn't really match it, should you take it? Or will it get you off-course of your life plan?

Just brilliant! 5 stars! And a new favorite!

This book is for a specific audience and that audience is me with it gratuitous food porn and awkward main character this book quickly found a way into my heart. This book follows Isabella a food journalist who lost her job and desperately accepts a position to ghost write a cookbook for a tv star who doesn’t like food. This book was fun fast paced and quirky and had me chuckling quite a few times. The writing was where this book was a little lacking it was fun but some of the pop culture references might not age so well. I will warn these are not the most likable characters but I thought they were really well developed. This is my first book from this author but hope to read more from them in the future. I would like to thank NetGalley and the publishers for a chance to read this book for an honest review.

The cover of this book is so great! I loved this story, and I think it would make a great summer read. I wish I could read it again for the first time!

3.5 stars rounding up. Fun read about a food writer, Isabella, and a famous actress who is writing a cookbook. Lots of great food info, recipes, and discussions of food. It was witty, and I laughed out loud multiple times.

Thank you Netgalley and Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage, and Anchor | Knopf for the ARC!