There is no better way to understand ourselves and our relationships with others than through
what we eat. What does food tell us about love? For psychoanalytic therapist Andrea Oskis the
deeply personal stories her patients share with her and that tell her the most about them are
not those about narcissist mothers neglectful fathers or rivaling siblings. The stories that
are the most revealing are their food stories. Because food really is the food of love. Food
and attachment are entwined from day one the first bond we make as a tiny human being is to
the person who feeds us. And as Oskis demonstrates if we cannot find feelings of comfort or
security in food we tend not to find them in relationships either. In The Kitchen Shrink
Oskis uncovers what has caused Christy to eat the same lunch for 30 years how Rachele used hot
sauce as a weapon when she found out her husband had cheated on her why Andrea herself changed
the way she cooked after she lost her baby her food of love reduced to her food of loss. The
Kitchen Shrink is about the two things we can't live without: food and each other. It shows how
our understanding of our personal relationship with food can guide us towards having stronger
connections and help us love and be loved better forever.
