Raised by Wolves
Trade Paperback
A memoir with bite
Growing up Cantonese in the racist outer suburbs was hard enough for Jess Ho, but add in a dysfunctional family who only ever made peace over food (and then only until the bill arrived), and it was clear that a normal life was never on the menu. She emerged from her childhood with two important traits: a major psychological complex, and a kick-arse palate. Both would help her fit right into the messy world of Melbourne's food scene.
In hospitality Jess found her new family, a bunch of outsiders who shared her lust for life and appetite for destruction. As the Australian food scene exploded, fuelled by a thirst for the sort of 'exotic' foods she'd grown up on, Jess thrived, helping to create iconic venues and becoming one of the most influential voices in Australia's bar and restaurant scene. But over time she realised that the industry she loved had its own dysfunctions: greed, ego, sexual harassment, exploitation and a never-ending festishisation of Asian food culture. And Jess wasn't one to hold her tongue.Fierce, funny and razor-sharp, Raised by Wolves is a potent coming of age story from a savage new voice.Buy now!
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- ISBN: 9781922806307
- Author: Jess Ho
- Pub date: 12.07.22
- RRP: $34.99
- Format: Paperback / softback
Author
Jess Ho
Jess Ho is most well known for her take-no-prisoners opinions on the hospitality industry. She was the food and drink editor for Time Out Melbourne, having previously contributed to several bars and restaurants guides for the publication, along with countless reviews. She has also been published in The Guardian, Food Service Magazine, Virgin Voyeur, Time and Tide, Eater and contributed to many restaurants guides and cookbooks in Melbourne, including Chin Chin: The Cookbook and The Guide to Eating and Drinking in Melbourne.
Jess has also worked in a front-of-house and back-of-house capacity in five restaurants, three of them hatted, was the media manager and host for Melbourne's Chin Chin and has owned and run a wine bar. She is a regular presenter at food and wine events and festivals across Melbourne and has toured large scale wine events around the country. She's also been a judge on a commercial network food show, but don't ask her about it unless she's had something very strong to drink.Jess had several short stories published with various university and lit mags-Litmus was one of them, she thinks-but hasn't kept a record of their names or copies of her published writing because she doesn't have a sentimental bone in her body. She also believes we will all definitely die in a natural disaster, so we don't have the burden of legacy. Raised by Wolves is her first book.