“I’ve always been intrigued by the comforting nature of food,” says Sarah Addison Allen, the Asheville, N.C., author of the 2007 best-seller Garden Spells, her debut.
The Sugar Queen (Bantam, $22), her new novel, features various characters deeply involved in food rituals, none more so than Josey Cirrini, a lovelorn 27-year-old who fills her need with [...]