Published by Ballantine Books, Random House - Ballantine Genres: Memoir, Nonfiction
Format: ARC, eBook
Savor: A Chef’s Hunger for More is at times hopeful, uplifting, heartbreaking, sad and moving. Fatima Ali was a Pakistani Chef and a fan favorite on “Top Chef” in season fifteen. The world was her oyster. She hoped to change the way people looked at food and culture. She had dreams and was inspiring. She died too young.
Fatima was diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer. She was given a terminal diagnosis and she vowed to make her final year count. She chose to travel and try amazing food. When her illness got in the way, she came home, and began writing this book. It is heartfelt, heartbreaking and moving. Her mother, Farezeh, also wrote chapters and they had Tarajia Morrell to help with this memoir.
The book chronicles Fatima’s life in Pakistan and in the United States. It shows her love of cooking, her country, and her life. I admire both Fatima and her mother’s honesty and courage in sharing with the world their struggles, their triumphs, their love, and their pain.
This was a beautifully written memoir that moved me but also had me wanting to find the episodes of the cooking shows she competed in. To watch her doing what she loved and was passionate about.
Thank you to Random House Publishing Group – Ballantine, Ballantine Books and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.