"A briliant multicultual collection that reminds readers that stories
about food are rarely just about the food alone." --Kirkus Reviews
(starred review)
A stunning collection of short stories about the intersection of
family, culture, and food in the lives in teens, from bestselling and
critically acclaimed authors, including Sandhya Menon, Anna-Marie
McLemore, and Rin Chupeco.
A shy teenager attempts to express how she really feels through the
pastries she makes at her family's pasteleria. A tourist from Montenegro
desperately seeks a magic soup dumpling that can cure his fear of death.
An aspiring chef realizes that butter and soul are the key ingredients
to win a cooking competition that could win him the money to save his
mother's life.
Welcome to Hungry Hearts Row, where the answers to most of life's hard
questions are kneaded, rolled, baked. Where a typical greeting is, "Have
you had anything to eat?" Where magic and food and love are sometimes
one in the same.
Told in interconnected short stories, Hungry Hearts explores the many
meanings food can take on beyond mere nourishment. It can symbolize love
and despair, family and culture, belonging and home.