A sensory-rich memoir about food, home, love, loss, identity, and motherhood. Born into a food- and wine-obsessed New York City family and surrounded by wealthy classmates with vast, monied estates, Tarajia Morrell mixed with high society without ever fully belonging to it. She learned early that food was both currency and comfort. As she comes of age, Tarajia dives into the electric nightlife of late-'90s Manhattan, and then heads west to Hollywood, where she pursues an acting career while waiting tables at one of the city's hottest restaurants. Dreaming of something more, Tarajia's life unfolds across restaurants, cities, and continents. She faces major losses, heartbreaks, and setbacks, until she eventually realizes what home and family had meant to her all along. Tarajia's story will deeply resonate with anyone who has struggled to sort out who they are, who they love, and what they want next. THE FEAST is for anyone who has ever turned to food for meaning, travel for transformation, and love as the truest act of survival.