Acclaimed “chef writer” Andrew Friedman introduces readers to
all the people and processes that come together in a single
restaurant dish, creating an entertaining, vivid snapshot of the
contemporary restaurant community, modern farming industry, and
food-supply chain. On a typical evening, in a contemporary American
restaurant, a table orders their dinner from a server. It’s an
exchange that happens dozens, or hundreds, of times a night—the
core transaction that keeps the place churning. In this book,
acclaimed chef writer Andrew Friedman slows down time to focus on a
single dish at Chicago’s Wherewithall restaurant, following its
production and provenances via real-time kitchen and in-the-field
reportage, from the moment the order is placed to when the finished
dish is delivered to the table. As various components of this one
dish are prepared by the kitchen team, Friedman introduces readers
to the players responsible for producing it, from the chefs who
conceived the dish and manage the kitchen, to the line cooks and
sous chefs who carry out the actual cooking, and the dishwashers
who keep pace with the dining room. Readers will also meet the
producers, farmers, and ranchers, who supply the restaurant, as
Friedman visits each stop in the supply chain and profiles the key
characters whose expertise and effort play essential roles in
making the dish possible—they will walk rows of crops that line
Midwestern farms, feel the chill of the cooler where beef dry-ages,
harvest grapes at a Michigan winery, ride along with a
delivery-truck driver, and hear the immigration sagas prevalent
amongst often unseen and unheralded farm and restaurant workers.
The Dish is a rollicking ride inside every aspect of a restaurant
dish. Both a fascinating window onto our food systems, and a
celebration of the unsung heroes of restaurants and the
collaborative nature of professional kitchen work, The
Dish will ensure that readers never look at any restaurant
meal the same way again.
General
Imprint: |
HarperCollins Publishers
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
October 2023 |
Authors: |
Andrew Friedman
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Dimensions: |
210 x 140mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
288 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-06-313597-0 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-06-313597-3 |
Barcode: |
9780063135970 |
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