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A Pastry Chef's True Stories Of Trials By Fire, After-Hours Exploits, Andwhat Really Goes On In The Kitchen
Putnam
April 2009
On Sale: April 16, 2009
288 pages
ISBN: 0399155619
EAN: 9780399155611
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction | Cookbooks
In the tradition of Kitchen Confidential, a
revealing and entertaining insider’s tour through top
restaurant kitchens, told from the unique perspective of a
critically acclaimed pastry chef.
Spiced
is Dalia Jurgensen’s memoir of leaving her office job and
pursuing her dream of becoming a chef. Eventually landing
the job of pastry chef for a three-star New York restaurant,
she recounts with endearing candor the dry cakes and burned
pots of her early internships, and the sweat, sheer
determination, and finely tuned taste buds—as well as
resilient ego and sense of humor—that won her spots in
world-class restaurant kitchens. With wit and an
appreciation for raunchy insults, she reveals the secrets to
holding your own in male-dominated kitchens, surviving
after-hours staff parties, and turning out perfect plates
when you know you’re cooking for a poorly disguised
restaurant critic. She even confesses to a clandestine
romance with her chef and boss—not to mention what it’s like
to work in Martha Stewart’s TV kitchen—and the ugly truth
behind the much-mythologized “family meal.”
Following Dalia’s personal trajectory from nervous newbie to
unflappable professional, Spiced is a clever,
surprisingly frank, and affectionate glimpse at the sweet
and sour of following your passion.
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