Audiobook8 hours
Back of the House: The Secret Life of a Restaurant
Written by Scott Haas
Narrated by Johnny Heller
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
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About this audiobook
Food writer and clinical psychologist Scott Haas wanted to know what went on inside the mind of a top chef-and what kind of emotional dynamics drove the fast-paced, intense interactions inside a great restaurant. To capture all the heat and hunger, he spent eighteen months immersed in the kitchen of James Beard Award-winner Tony Maws's restaurant, Craigie on Main, in Boston. He became part of the family, experiencing the drama first-hand. Here, Haas exposes the inner life of a chef, what it takes to make food people crave, and how to achieve greatness in a world that demands more than passion and a sharp set of knives.
A lens into what motivates and inspires all chefs-including Thomas Keller, Andrew Carmellini, whose stories are also shared here-Back of the House will change the way you think about food-and about the complicated people who cook it and serve it.
A lens into what motivates and inspires all chefs-including Thomas Keller, Andrew Carmellini, whose stories are also shared here-Back of the House will change the way you think about food-and about the complicated people who cook it and serve it.
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Reviews for Back of the House
Rating: 3.0357143214285713 out of 5 stars
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14 ratings2 reviews
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5An inside look into those parts of the restaurants not usually visible to patrons. The author follows chef Tony Maws at Craigie on Main in Cambridge, MA. During the project the author moves from being an observer to being a participant as he gets more involved with the staff and becomes an advisor to Tony. If I you like this type of genre I also recommend Sous Chef by Michael Gibney
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5A psychologist studies a celebrity chef to explain what make him struggle. I found this read pretty slow going. The author writes a gourmet column and he displays so many elite attitudes about restaurants. I don't recommend this unless one wants to visit that world.