A 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.
Very appealing ... Roberts isn’t exactly reinventing the chick-lit form ... But he writes with deep humor and authority about the food world and its inhabitants, and with humanity about the various appetites that drive his characters.
If Food Person were a menu item, it would be something like a BLT or mac and cheese: cozy, simple and fun ... It’s a fairly shallow pool, it must be noted. As glib and amusing as it is, Food Person doesn’t go especially deep on an emotional level ... We’re not meant to be surprised by Roberts’ novel, which is as cozy and familiar as a grilled cheese sandwich.
