On Jun 17, 2:59*pm, (Victor Sack) wrote:
> [crossposting elided]
>
> ImStillMags > wrote:
> > People had no idea what really went on in restaurant kitchens till his
> > book came out.
>
> They didn't? *How about _Down and Out in Paris and London_ by George
> Orwell, or Ludwig Bemelmans's stories, later collected in _Hotel
> Bemelmans_ and _La Bonne Table_?
>
> Victor

Well, there's a difference in a "tell all" and fiction. I think
most people didn't see Orwell or Bemelman as reality.