Don't Try This at Home - Kimberly Witherspoon

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Title: Don't Try This at Home
Author: Kimberly Witherspoon
Genre: Essays, non-fiction
Rating: 2.5/5
# pages: 278
Date read: October, 2012

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.

Not as good as I had expected, unfortunately. It's a collection of essays written by several different chefs, making it very clear that while some chefs can write as well as they cook... others definitely can't.

Which is fine - I don't expect them to - but it does seem off in a book like this.

Some of the chapters were fun and interesting, but as a whole, it unfortunately fell somewhat flat.