Restaurants Books

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Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as restaurants)
avg rating 4.19 — 383,355 ratings — published 2000
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Sweetbitter Sweetbitter (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as restaurants)
avg rating 3.33 — 79,173 ratings — published 2016
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Arsenic and Adobo (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #1) Arsenic and Adobo (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as restaurants)
avg rating 3.53 — 78,813 ratings — published 2021
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Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as restaurants)
avg rating 4.04 — 9,493 ratings — published 2006
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Last Night at the Lobster Last Night at the Lobster (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.60 — 13,661 ratings — published 2007
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Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip-Confessions of a Cynical Waiter Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip-Confessions of a Cynical Waiter (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as restaurants)
avg rating 3.55 — 14,564 ratings — published 2008
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Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D' Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D' (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as restaurants)
avg rating 3.69 — 12,551 ratings — published 2022
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The Hundred-Foot Journey The Hundred-Foot Journey (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as restaurants)
avg rating 3.57 — 29,392 ratings — published 2008
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Marrying the Ketchups Marrying the Ketchups (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as restaurants)
avg rating 3.60 — 16,152 ratings — published 2022
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Restaurant Success by the Numbers: A Money-Guy's Guide to Opening the Next Hot Spot Restaurant Success by the Numbers: A Money-Guy's Guide to Opening the Next Hot Spot (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as restaurants)
avg rating 3.87 — 542 ratings — published 2007
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The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as restaurants)
avg rating 3.90 — 4,352 ratings — published 2017
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Seconds Seconds (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as restaurants)
avg rating 4.07 — 49,068 ratings — published 2014
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What Happened to Goodbye What Happened to Goodbye (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as restaurants)
avg rating 3.94 — 90,845 ratings — published 2011
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The Van Gogh Cafe: A Collection Where Anything Can Happen for Kids (Ages 8-12) The Van Gogh Cafe: A Collection Where Anything Can Happen for Kids (Ages 8-12)
by (shelved 6 times as restaurants)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,360 ratings — published 1995
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Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as restaurants)
avg rating 4.41 — 37,420 ratings — published 2022
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Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as restaurants)
avg rating 3.61 — 31,475 ratings — published 2023
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Maizy Chen's Last Chance Maizy Chen's Last Chance (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as restaurants)
avg rating 4.26 — 5,262 ratings — published 2022
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In the Kitchen In the Kitchen (Hardcover)
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avg rating 2.77 — 2,165 ratings — published 2009
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Monday Mourning (Temperance Brennan, #7) Monday Mourning (Temperance Brennan, #7)
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avg rating 4.04 — 36,673 ratings — published 2004
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Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as restaurants)
avg rating 3.95 — 48,498 ratings — published 2005
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The Family Chao The Family Chao (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as restaurants)
avg rating 3.34 — 10,370 ratings — published 2022
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Number One Chinese Restaurant Number One Chinese Restaurant (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as restaurants)
avg rating 3.00 — 7,148 ratings — published 2018
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The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.32 — 25,890 ratings — published 2015
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Restaurant Owners Uncorked: Twenty Owners Share Their Recipes for Success Restaurant Owners Uncorked: Twenty Owners Share Their Recipes for Success (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as restaurants)
avg rating 4.01 — 128 ratings — published 2011
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Bread and Butter Bread and Butter (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as restaurants)
avg rating 3.12 — 1,541 ratings — published 2014
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See You at Harry's See You at Harry's (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as restaurants)
avg rating 4.13 — 13,855 ratings — published 2012
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Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as restaurants)
avg rating 3.86 — 48,838 ratings — published 2010
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Liquor (Rickey and G-Man #2) Liquor (Rickey and G-Man #2)
by (shelved 4 times as restaurants)
avg rating 3.94 — 2,798 ratings — published 2004
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The Blue Bistro The Blue Bistro (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as restaurants)
avg rating 3.96 — 77,940 ratings — published 2005
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Service Included: Four-Star Secrets of an Eavesdropping Waiter Service Included: Four-Star Secrets of an Eavesdropping Waiter (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as restaurants)
avg rating 3.46 — 4,244 ratings — published 2007
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I Regret Almost Everything I Regret Almost Everything (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as restaurants)
avg rating 3.88 — 7,597 ratings — published 2025
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Death by Dumpling (Noodle Shop Mystery, #1) Death by Dumpling (Noodle Shop Mystery, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as restaurants)
avg rating 3.65 — 14,194 ratings — published 2018
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Taste: My Life Through Food Taste: My Life Through Food (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as restaurants)
avg rating 4.19 — 97,494 ratings — published 2021
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Momofuku Milk Bar: A Cookbook Momofuku Milk Bar: A Cookbook (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as restaurants)
avg rating 4.16 — 4,739 ratings — published 2011
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The Cafe by the Sea (Mure, #1) The Cafe by the Sea (Mure, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as restaurants)
avg rating 3.86 — 34,691 ratings — published 2017
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Coming to My Senses: The Making of a Counterculture Cook Coming to My Senses: The Making of a Counterculture Cook (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as restaurants)
avg rating 3.43 — 4,700 ratings — published 2017
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There's a Giraffe in My Soup: A Playful Picture Book About Restaurant Surprises for Kids (Ages 4-8) There's a Giraffe in My Soup: A Playful Picture Book About Restaurant Surprises for Kids (Ages 4-8)
by (shelved 3 times as restaurants)
avg rating 3.83 — 969 ratings — published 2016
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Over Easy Over Easy (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.63 — 2,751 ratings — published 2014
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The French Laundry Cookbook The French Laundry Cookbook (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as restaurants)
avg rating 4.30 — 9,962 ratings — published 1999
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The Lost Recipe for Happiness The Lost Recipe for Happiness (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as restaurants)
avg rating 4.00 — 8,896 ratings — published 2008
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The Dinner The Dinner (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as restaurants)
avg rating 3.22 — 176,440 ratings — published 2009
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Down and Out in Paris and London Down and Out in Paris and London (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as restaurants)
avg rating 4.09 — 102,417 ratings — published 1933
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The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee's, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee's, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as restaurants)
avg rating 3.59 — 3,523 ratings — published 2012
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Three Times Lucky (Mo & Dale Mysteries, #1) Three Times Lucky (Mo & Dale Mysteries, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as restaurants)
avg rating 4.02 — 26,102 ratings — published 2012
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Momofuku Momofuku (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as restaurants)
avg rating 3.94 — 14,275 ratings — published 2009
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Soul Kitchen (Rickey and G-Man, #4) Soul Kitchen (Rickey and G-Man, #4)
by (shelved 3 times as restaurants)
avg rating 3.98 — 1,347 ratings — published 2006
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Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as restaurants)
avg rating 3.75 — 206,614 ratings — published 2001
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Empire Falls Empire Falls (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as restaurants)
avg rating 3.95 — 126,459 ratings — published 2001
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J. Kenji López-Alt
“Portland's commitment to a daring, perfectionist hedonism is still the city's strongest culinary unifier. At Hat Yai, the casual southern-Thai restaurant from local empire-builder Ninsom, fried chicken comes as a set with curry and roti, and its thin, spiced crust shatters over meat seasoned to the bone. At the newly opened Yonder, chef Maya Lovelace's counter-service ode to her North Carolina's childhood, the spicy, tender fried catfish demanded not just enjoyment but gluttony. Dinner at Naomi Pomeroy's Beast on Tuesday nights is a throwback four-course menu meant to evoke its supper club origins, serving utterly of-the-moment morel and asparagus pastas and a hunter's chicken made with last summer's preserved tomatoes. The 19-course tasting menu at Erizo, run by Eater Young Gun Jacob Harth, ends with a massive halibut collar and a raft of Parker House rolls. It's sort of useless to consider whether any of these meals are Honest, but you can't deny they are Good.”
J. Kenji López-Alt, The Best American Food Writing 2020: A Literary Collection of Essays Celebrating Food, Culture, and the Stories Shaping Our Culinary World

Milly Johnson
“De twee vrouwen namen een grote hap spaghetti en de ober koos precies dat moment uit om terug te wippen en te vragen of alles naar wens was, waarop ze beiden hevig knikten en oergeluiden maakten. "Dat leren ze op de oberschool," zei Stevie nadat ze doorgeslikt had. "Wachten tot iedereen de mond vol heeft gepropt en het dan vragen. Dat vinden ze gewéldig. Het hoogtepunt van hun werk.”
Milly Johnson, Perfecte liefde?

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