Tag Archives: book review

Gastronaut?

This is sort of a weird book: The Gastronaut (here is his website). The type where most of the time while reading it, you are caught between rolling your eyes, shrugging your shoulders and then nodding in agreement or entertaining the occasional smile.
You read this kind of book, and not everything resonates. But a few things do—there are a few points of interest that you twist around… [more]

Kitchen Confidential

One of my goals for this summer is to fit in a pile of culinary reading. I just finished the book, The Sharper your Knife, the Less you Cry. Fun rendition of a gal taking a hard right from her life and pursuing her culinary dreams. Huh, and she is a writer besides. Sounds oddly familiar…
Just started a regularly recommended culinary read: Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain.… [more]