Cravings: Hungry for More — A Cookbook

More of a Good Thing

Cravings: Hungry for More is Chrissy Teigen’s second cookbook, and it delivers exactly what the enormous audience for her surprise-hit debut wanted: more of the genuinely great, genuinely fun comfort food that proved a celebrity cookbook could be the real thing. The first Cravings won people over the hard way — by being good, tested, and personal — and Hungry for More extends that success with the same indulgent recipes, the same family Thai dishes inherited from her mother, and the same hilarious, unfiltered voice. For fans of the original, it is a welcome second helping that confirms the first was no fluke.

The title says it all. This is a book for people who finished Cravings and simply wanted more, and Teigen obliges with generosity and humour.

Indulgence, Again

As with the first book, Hungry for More is unapologetically about indulgence — the food you actually want rather than the food you feel you should eat. Rich pastas, crispy fried things, generous comfort dishes, and gloriously over-the-top crowd-pleasers fill the pages, built around big, satisfying flavour and a complete absence of pretension or penance. The book embraces pleasure as the entire point of cooking, and that joyful lack of guilt is a large part of its charm. Running through it again is the thread of family Thai cooking that gave the first book a personal, flavour-packed heart, and these dishes remain among the most beloved.

The Voice Carries It

What truly sets the Cravings books apart is Teigen’s writing, and Hungry for More is every bit as entertaining as its predecessor. The funny, candid, slightly chaotic voice that made her a social-media phenomenon is fully present, and the headnotes are a genuine pleasure to read — irreverent, self-deprecating, and full of honest enthusiasm. Most cookbooks are consulted; this one is read, cover to cover, for the company as much as the recipes. The voice makes cooking from it feel like hanging out with a hilarious friend who happens to make incredible food.

Reliable in the Kitchen

Personality would mean little if the food failed, but Hungry for More delivers where it counts. The recipes are well tested and dependable, producing exactly the results they promise without the disappointments that plague lesser celebrity efforts. Teigen clearly cooked these dishes obsessively before publishing them, and that diligence shows in instructions that work and flavours that land. The book earns its readers’ trust the only way a cookbook can — by performing in real kitchens — and that reliability is central to the Cravings franchise’s enduring popularity.

Unpretentious by Design

Like the first book, Hungry for More is not a culinary education or a technical manual, and it never pretends to be. It is a collection of fun, indulgent, approachable recipes from someone who loves to eat, and its casual, low-stakes tone is central to its appeal. Readers seeking serious instruction in technique, or health-conscious cooking, are in the wrong place. Readers who want delicious, satisfying food and a genuinely entertaining book to cook it from will find few more enjoyable options.

Part of a Franchise

Hungry for More cemented Cravings as a genuine franchise, and its success reflects how thoroughly the first book connected with home cooks. Teigen built the brand into cookware and pantry products as well as further volumes, but the cookbooks remain its most charming core. This second book proved that the debut’s appeal — authentic voice plus reliable comfort food — had real staying power, and it deepened the affection of the fans who had embraced the original.

The Verdict

Cravings: Hungry for More is a delightful second helping of one of the most fun and genuinely useful comfort-food cookbook franchises around. It offers more indulgent, reliable, crave-worthy recipes and family Thai dishes wrapped in Teigen’s irresistible, unfiltered voice, and it never takes itself too seriously. For fans of the first Cravings and for anyone who wants delicious food and a good laugh in equal measure, it is an easy and joyful recommendation.

Proving It Was No Fluke

The real significance of Cravings: Hungry for More is that it confirmed the first book was no accident. Plenty of celebrity cookbooks score a single hit on the strength of fame and then fade; the fact that Chrissy Teigen’s second book was every bit as good — as funny, as reliable, as genuinely delicious — established that her cooking credentials were real and durable. This consistency is what turned Cravings from a surprise success into a genuine franchise, and it is why home cooks continued to trust and adore her recipes. Hungry for More deepened the affection of the fans who had embraced the original, and it cemented Teigen’s place as the rare celebrity who actually cooks and writes her own beloved books. In a category long treated with justified suspicion, that sustained quality is a real achievement, and it is the reason the Cravings name carries genuine weight with home cooks rather than mere star power. That durability is the truest measure of the book’s success, and the reason the Cravings name still means something to home cooks.

Our rating: 4.5/5 — A delightful second helping of genuinely great celebrity cooking: more indulgent, reliable comfort food and family Thai dishes in Teigen’s hilarious, unfiltered voice.

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