What happens at your kitchen table can become the blueprint for everything you are. Dawn O’Porter’s Hungry Eyes is a sharp and witty food memoir that traces a path through the moments and meals that shape identity, exploring how the daily rhythms, chaos, small disappointments, and big wins—often centered around food—reveal who we become.

For years, Dawn O’Porter believed fulfillment lay in glamorous success and recognition. Through experiences ranging from grieving loss and learning to cook, to raising children and writing bestselling fiction, she discovered that the real spotlight was in her kitchen. Food became her stage where she made sense of life and uncovered her love language.

• Explores the lifelong pressure to ‘bring something to the table’ and how it influences self-perception.
• Examines the significance of shared and solitary meals in shaping personal history and mood.
• A memoir of identity, detailing how daily rituals and culinary experiences build a life.
• Written by million-copy-bestselling author Dawn O’Porter.

This is the hardcover edition of the essay collection, presented in English.

• Author: Dawn O’Porter
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Print Length: 320 pages
• Publication Date: June 18, 2026
• ISBN-10: 0008794022
• ISBN-13: 978-0008794026
• Dimensions: 14.1 x 3.2 x 22.2 cm
• Weight: 420 g

Discover how the ingredients used to build your meals also build your life in this insightful and humorous collection of essays.