| Vendor | |
|---|---|
|
Fritz Agency
Christian Dittus |
| Original language | |
| English | |
BREAD AND BUTTER
Kitchen Confidential meets Three Junes in this mouthwatering novel about three brothers who run competing restaurants, and the culinary snobbery, staff stealing, and secret affairs that unfold in the back of the house.
Kitchen Confidential meets Three Junes in this mouthwatering novel about three brothers who run competing restaurants, and the culinary snobbery, staff stealing, and secret affairs that unfold in the back of the house.
Britt and Leo have spent ten years running Winesap, the best restaurant in their small Pennsylvania town. They cater to their loyal customers; they don't sleep with the staff; and business is good, even if their temperamental pastry chef is bored with making the same chocolate cake night after night. But when their younger brother, Harry, opens his own restauranta hip little joint serving an aggressive lamb neck dishBritt and Leo find their own restaurant thrown off-kilter. Britt becomes fascinated by a customer who arrives night after night, each time with a different dinner companion. Their pastry chef, Hector, quits, only to reappear at Harry's restaurant. And Leo finds himself falling for his executive chef - tempted to break the cardinal rule of restaurant ownership.
Filled with hilarious insider detail, BREAD AND BUTTER is both an incisive novel of family and a gleeful romp through the inner workings of restaurant kitchens.
Michelle Wildgen is the executive editor of the literary quarterly Tin House. She is the author of the novels But Not for Long and You're Not You, and the editor of an anthology, Food & Booze: A Tin House Literary Feast. Her fiction, personal essays and food writing have appeared in the New York Times, O Magazine, Best New American Voices 2004, Best Food Writing 2004 and 2009, and more. You're Not You has been optioned for film by Hilary Swank and Denise Di Novi.
"Wildgen dazzles with her prose, which is sprinkled with keen observations and supported by her food-writing knowledge, as she explores a complex relationship between three brothers . [A] trenchant examination of sibling rivalry and fine cuisine. Not for foodies only." - Publishers Weekly
Britt and Leo have spent ten years running Winesap, the best restaurant in their small Pennsylvania town. They cater to their loyal customers; they don't sleep with the staff; and business is good, even if their temperamental pastry chef is bored with making the same chocolate cake night after night. But when their younger brother, Harry, opens his own restauranta hip little joint serving an aggressive lamb neck dishBritt and Leo find their own restaurant thrown off-kilter. Britt becomes fascinated by a customer who arrives night after night, each time with a different dinner companion. Their pastry chef, Hector, quits, only to reappear at Harry's restaurant. And Leo finds himself falling for his executive chef - tempted to break the cardinal rule of restaurant ownership.
Filled with hilarious insider detail, BREAD AND BUTTER is both an incisive novel of family and a gleeful romp through the inner workings of restaurant kitchens.
Michelle Wildgen is the executive editor of the literary quarterly Tin House. She is the author of the novels But Not for Long and You're Not You, and the editor of an anthology, Food & Booze: A Tin House Literary Feast. Her fiction, personal essays and food writing have appeared in the New York Times, O Magazine, Best New American Voices 2004, Best Food Writing 2004 and 2009, and more. You're Not You has been optioned for film by Hilary Swank and Denise Di Novi.
"Wildgen dazzles with her prose, which is sprinkled with keen observations and supported by her food-writing knowledge, as she explores a complex relationship between three brothers . [A] trenchant examination of sibling rivalry and fine cuisine. Not for foodies only." - Publishers Weekly
| Available products |
|---|
|
Book
Published 2014-02-01 by Doubleday |