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Under The Table: Saucy Tales From Culinary School (2009)

by Katherine Darling(Favorite Author)

3.29 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1416565272 (ISBN13: 9781416565277)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Atria Books

review 1: At risk of making overly harsh comparison, I found myself repeatedly thinking back to Julie Powell's "Cleaving" as I read "Under the Table". Both books are ones where the reader needs to take care to distinguish between the story (generally good in my view) and the person being written about (less so). Darling and (more so) Powell came across as self-absorbed and inconsiderate as individuals yet managed to do so through the medium of a well written story.Provided the reader keep that caveat in mind, I do still recommend reading this.
review 2: One can certainly read one too many books about culinary school experiences. Before I even began reading chapter two, I thought the author was an overly privileged, self important snot. As I pushed my way through the ta... moreles of her desires for chateaubriand at her 6th birthday party, I was quite certain that I wouldn't be able to stomach the rest of the book...........I can't explain what happened, was her storytelling? Her experiences? Her writing? She became likable. By the end, I was pleased that I had read this book and pleased to have gotten to know Darling. less

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