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A Restaurateur's Story of Passion, Pain, and Pasta
Bloomsbury USA
January 2009
On Sale: December 23, 2008
272 pages ISBN: 1596914424 EAN: 9781596914421 Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir | Cookbooks
The ultimate insider’s story: a no-holds-barred
memoir by the legendary restaurateur, from his boyhood in
Tuscany to his rise, fall, and rebirth in the New York food
world. Everyone has an opinion about Pino Luongo.
To Anthony Bourdain, he was the notorious Pino Noir, the
shadowy kingpin of a restaurant empire. To Manhattanites, he
was either the savior or the scourge of the city’s dining
scene. To the many fans of his cookbooks, he was the herald
of T uscan cuisine. In Dirty Dishes, Luongo
emerges to tell his side of the story. And what a story:
After an idyllic (and well-fed) childhood in Tuscany, Luongo
came to New York as an actor, but soon fell into, and then
in love with, the restaurant business. Within ten years, he
had risen from a position as a dishwasher to build a string
of the hottest restaurants in the city. In the decade that
followed, he reigned as one of the undisputed kings of New
York nightlife, earning a reputation for brilliance, charm,
and volatility. But after a flirtation with a corporate
chain went sour, he left behind the empire he had built and
returned to his first love: the kitchen. Luongo is a
natural raconteur, and his memoir is full of hilarious and
jaw-dropping stories of the New Y ork restaurant world,
taking in everyone from Sylvester Stallone and Jackie
Onassis to Andy Warhol and Tim Zagat. Accompanying all this
are ten of Luongo’s all-time favorite recipes. For fans of
Kitchen Confidential and The Devil in the
Kitchen, this book is not to be missed.
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