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⭐️⭐️⭐️ I‘m a bit of a sucker for chef memoirs, and this one was okay. Incredibly accomplished, abrasive chef and his quest for 3 Michelin stars. As a reader, I never really got on board and felt why the 3 stars were so important to him, other than that they were there. This includes some of the bad behavior of Kitchen Confidential and at a higher level of cooking, but lacks Bourdain‘s humor and charm.

Just finished the tagged book, which gives me a #BookSpin bingo for August! 14 books read (13 audiobooks, 1 Kindle). Several good ones (The Guncle, Homeland Elegies, Pachinko, and Wordslut stand out), and only one DNF, which happened to be my #Bookspin). Need to give myself some more free spaces for September…
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Going with one of my other half's favorite quotes tonight. Maybe one of these days he'll finally let me borrow the book instead of just reading me favored bits as he rereads it yet again. 🤷‍♀️

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Great if you have any interest in the culture of Michelin starred restaurants.

Finally finished my #readharder challenge for 2016! It was my first time doing a reading challenge like this and I loved it. I think it really diversified my reading this year. I read a lot of books I wouldn't have picked up ordinarily. My fave discovery was the food memoir 'Devil in the Kitchen' By Marco Pierre White. Super excited to see the challenges for 2017

I am a huge MPW fan so there wasn't much chance of me not liking this book. It's an engaging narrative of the great kitchens of the 80s and 90s; and also of the power of hard work and resilience. In spite of a lot of bad behaviour, MPW endears himself to the reader, showing a more complex side to the enfant terrible. Loved it.

Can't get enough of this. You can always rely on MPW to call it like it is...

Oh MPW, my fave enfant terrible 💯

Back on the #readharder buzz