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<DIV><DIV><DIV><DIV>THE GRIT AND GLORY OF RESTAURANT LIFE, AS TOLD BY A SURVIVOR OF KITCHENS ACROSS AMERICA <DIV> Cooking Dirty is a rollicking account of life “on the line” in <DIV>the restaurants, far from culinary school, cable TV, and the Michelin Guide—where most of us eat out most of the time. It takes the kitchen memoir to a rough and reckless place. From his first job scraping trays at a pizzeria at age fifteen, Jason Sheehan worked on the line at all kinds of restaurants: a French colonial and an all-night diner, a crab shack just off the interstate and a fusion restaurant in a former hair salon. Restaurant work, as he describes it in exuberant, sparkling prose, is a way of life in which “your whole universe becomes a small, hot steel box filled with knives and meat and fire.” The kitchen crew is a fraternity with its own rites: cigarettes in the walk-in freezer, sex in the basement, the wartime urgency of the dinner rush. Cooking is a series of personal challenges, from the first perfectly done mussel to the satisfaction of surgically sliced foie gras. And the kitchen itself, as he tells it, is a place in which life’s mysteries are thawed, sliced, broiled, barbecued, and fried—a place where people from the margins find their community and their calling. With this deeply affecting book, Sheehan (already acclaimed for his reviews) joins the first class of American food writers at a time when books about food have never been better or more popular. </DIV>

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This book chronicles his life working in kitchens--not famous ones, just regular ol' restaurants. At ti...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jul 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 19:39:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 19:59:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 07:40:53 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 10:14:48 -0700 2009 http://www.authorsontourlive.com/?p=449

About this podcast:
Jason Sheehan, the food writer for Denver’s Westword, won a James Beard Award in...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 15:55:31 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 11:30:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Aug 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 09:23:01 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 09:25:43 -0700 2009
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Sheehan has some accurate descriptions of what cooking is like, and doesn't mince words when ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 05:57:58 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 06:00:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 1 false false Thu Jul 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 05:55:05 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 05:57:16 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Fri Jul 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 15:17:55 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 10:35:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Sep 23 19:24:50 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 19:26:05 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Sep 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 19:37:27 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 13:45:37 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jun 24 16:26:54 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 16:27:48 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Jul 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 09:52:01 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 10:57:27 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Oct 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 07:22:31 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 08:27:54 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Aug 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 15:32:22 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 06:23:04 -0700 2009
A fast-paced, intelligent and I think, honest read. I will no longer picture Emeril or Paula Deen look-alikes in the kit...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 12:36:39 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 11:50:48 -0700 2009