Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef

Name: Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef
Price: 9.99 USD
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Rating: 4.3 (2530 reviews)
Author: Gabrielle Hamilton

by Gabrielle Hamilton

Nonfiction Memoir

4.3 (2,530)

4.3 stars from 2,530 reviews. Top 75% of Nonfiction books we track.

322 pages~5.4 hr readPublished by Random HousePublished 2011-03-01

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You love food memoirs that are actually about finding yourself, not just recipes.
You appreciate honest, unglamorous accounts of how people build something real.
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You're looking for a conventional cookbook or restaurant origin story.
You prefer sanitised, uplifting narratives without mess or complicated truths.
You want escapist food writing rather than a hard-won reckoning with adulthood.

About this book

Gabrielle Hamilton's memoir traces her path to opening the acclaimed New York restaurant Prune, following twenty years spent searching for purpose and meaning. The narrative moves through multiple kitchens that shaped her: her childhood rural kitchen, where her mother cooked; kitchens in France, Greece, and Turkey, where strangers offered her meals and taught her about hospitality; her own kitchen at Prune, with its various difficulties; and her Italian mother-in-law's kitchen, which bridges her past and her future family. Hamilton's story encompasses both large-scale and personal moments, told with honesty, grit, humor, and passion. Her journey includes a difficult marriage that ultimately produces meaningful results.

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Currently 4.3★ from 2,530 reviews

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