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Finally in paperback, the hugely popular anthology in which forty of the world's greatest chefs, including Anthony Bourdain, Daniel Boulud, and Ferrán Adrià, reveal their worst kitchen disasters.
From Gabrielle Hamilton on hiring a blind line cook to Michel Richard on rescuing a wrecked cake to Eric Ripert on being the clumsiest waiter in the room, these behind-the-scenes accounts are as wildly entertaining as they are revealing. A delicious reminder that even the chefs we most admire aren't always perfect, Don't Try This at Home is a hilarious must-have for anyone who's ever burned dinner.
Anonymous
Posted August 1, 2012
Terrible,not worth the flippin money
6 out of 9 people found this review helpful.
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Posted November 27, 2012
If you enjoy food writing, this is a worthwhile read. Always good to know that even an experienced chef can make a big mistake in the kitchen. After seeing some of these chefs on tv & watching their arrogance overflow, reading about a comedown is refreshingly human. And most are quite articulate! A good book to add to your cooking library
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Posted September 16, 2012
I had to laugh. I'll never work in a "professional" kitchen. Many of these stories remind me of learning to cook, with my family. When as a nine year old boy, learning to feed "everyone" was a challenge.
Later, I'd be asked every cooking question, by my female relatives. Damn, I had some canning and recipe screw ups. Loved this book, but it was only okay,
aloysiusCT
Posted August 27, 2012
I've done funnier and more disastrous stuff. Mario's story is very funny and easy to visualize.
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Posted August 24, 2012
Whoever typed this should be shot. The typos were distracting (occasionally using 1 instead of I, for example) and at least once there was a spot where a phrase was inserted in the wrong place (like in the middle of another sentence).
THAT being said, kinda funny the crap that chefs have to deal with. Neat to see behind the scenes and to know that I'll never be in such crazy predicaments.
Anonymous
Posted August 24, 2012
If you watch the Chef shows on TV you will like this.
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Posted August 24, 2012
I agree that there are many, many typos in the Nook version. The book
itself is terribly boring. Wasted my hard-earned money on this one.
NetageneK
Posted August 24, 2012
I would probably give this 5 stars except for the language! Each chapter stands alone, so you can start anywhere. I rarely LOL but did several times while reading this. Even if you're not into cooking, just the human foibles are funny.
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Posted August 6, 2012
I very much enjoyed the glimpses of misery and or ineptitude that these chefs gave me. It was nice to see that they struggled in the beginning of their careers just as th rest of us do.
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Posted August 2, 2012
This review only relates to the Nook version. Am very much enjoying the book, but there are lots of typos. One paragraph from early in the book appears in the middle of a sentence later on in the book! Makes it a bit confusing, but as it's just a light read for fun anyway, it doesn't spoil it. The stories are still amusing, if you can overlook that one of them took place in the "South of Trance" or that the magazine "Tood and Wine" named xyz as one of the best chefs. Maybe that just adds to the amusement level, for what is surely meant as a light hearted read (albeit many with good "you can learn from this" type of morals)?
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Overview
Finally in paperback, the hugely popular anthology in which forty of the world's greatest chefs, including Anthony Bourdain, Daniel Boulud, and Ferrán Adrià, reveal their worst kitchen disasters.
From Gabrielle Hamilton on hiring a blind line cook to Michel Richard on rescuing a wrecked cake to Eric Ripert on being the clumsiest waiter in the room, these behind-the-scenes accounts are as wildly entertaining as they are revealing. A delicious reminder that even the chefs we most ...