Food occupies a central place in the lives of these interconnected characters.
Many homes overlook the square teeming with people, shops, restaurants, and taxis. Many lives cross paths here where the common denominator is food. Food as love, food as obsession, food that heals, or food that kills.
A world-renowned chef is on the sidewalk; a wealthy, bored married couple quarrel in a restaurant; party guests trapped in an elevator begin eating the dishes they had prepared; two gluttonous lovers meet at a motel for an erotic-gastronomic tryst; and a drab accountant harbors a culinary secret. Their stories of love, sex, jealousy, and desires are revealed at the dinner table.
A novel that shows the power of sharing meals as a means of creating community and reconciling differences.
