On Sun, 16 Nov 2003 20:31:52 -0500, "kag"
> wrote:

>jmcquown > wrote

>> I find his writing to be trifling and overstated. Having worked in
>> restaurants over the years, granted, not 4 star establishments, I think
>his
>> assessment of all the chefs being coked up or heroin addicted is a bit
>over
>> the top.

>ya that stuff in the book bugged me, it was like "are ALL restaurant workers
>depraved low-lifes?" i was thinking of getting a pt job in a restaurant but
>after reading this i am thinking i am WAY too much of a feminist or
>chickenshit to put up with all that insanity and harassment.

I figured there was a lot of "poetic license" involved. After all,
it's more interesting to read about the crazies than "Tom always
arrived on time, never gave anyone any s***, and did his work well."
Even 'James Herriot' combined characters and exaggerated
characteristics of others. 'Kitchen Confidential' isn't an academic
study, but an anecdotal amusement of personal experience. In fact, if
a book with that title *didn't* contain more than stories about
hand-washing and unsafe food storage, it wouldn't have been a
best-seller.