In this wildly funny and charming memoir, Patricia Volk entertains with a unique perspective of New York in the mid- to late-twentieth century and of a bigger-than-life family that owned fourteen restaurants, including Morgen's in the garment district. Sharing life and good food for three generations, her larger-than-life Jewish family has exhibited a voracious appetite for life, making their mark in cuisine, on Wall Street, on calendars, and in society. Exhibiting a terrifyingly positive attitude and a cosmic disdain for the status quo, all of them-the tyrants, do-gooders, lovers, martyrs, and fakes-lived at full tilt.