Unveiling the Hidden Forces Shaping Our Relationship with Food: A Provocative Review of Amber Husain’s "Tell Me How You Eat"
Essayist and author Amber Husain never flinches from tough questions like these in her new book, Tell Me How You Eat: Food, Power, and the Will to Live (Washington Square Press/Atria; Feb. 2026). It’s her third, and second specifically about food and the issues that surround it. Here, she chronicles a journey away from eating that began during the pandemic. Safely sequestered with her supportive and respectful partner, an accomplished cook, she just stopped being interested in food. She felt no pressure from society to be thin, and no unresolved issues about personal agency. It was simply that given the bleak quarantine view, she could see no point in eating.
