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List Price: $35.00
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Manufacturer: Artisan
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 647.957471
EAN: 9781579653699
ISBN: 1579653693
Label: Artisan
Manufacturer: Artisan
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: 2008-11-01
Publisher: Artisan
Studio: Artisan
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: I'm not sure what to call this book
Comment: Is it a cookbook? No, but it has recipes. Is it a biography? Yes, but of a restaurant rather than a person. More than anything it is a day-to-day look at the workings of a wonderful restaurant. Detail is not spared. How much fish...how many napkins...details about the workers and their lives. And it is all put together in a way that is cohesive and entertaining. The lavish photos are unabashed food porn. The book is pretty, entertaining, instructive and well-worth the modest expense.
Customer Rating:
Summary: A visually very attractive book; well worth reading, too.
Comment: I'd expected some great recipes (they're there), and some interesting restaurant stories (ditto). What I didn't expect was a book with such high production values. The photography is great, the layout is quite attractive, and the quality of the writing is excellent. There are even enough little tidbits (food costs for meals, an idea what it's like to run a high-end restaurant) to maintain the interest of non-foodies.
You could put this book on your coffee table (it's pretty enough and has nice pictures throughout), read it for the recipes, or read it for the inside story from the restaurant. Three books in one!
Finally, I've eaten at Le Bernardin once in my life. Truly outrageous, and well worth the (considerable) cost.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Fabulous Read, Fabulous Book
Comment: This is an informative, well written and fascinating book about Le Bernardian. Beyond that, however, it's a really true to life glimpse of life in an big city restaurant. You'll learn about how many people and how much time it takes to make your meal, all in a tiny little space. You'll never take restaurant food for granted again!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Extraordinaire
Comment: Eric Ripert knocked it out of the park with this one. What an incredible book. The story of Le bernardin and the spirit of Maguy, Gilbert and Eric radiates from the book. I wish I could eat there everyday...
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Summary: Beautiful, light, interesting
Comment: Having worked in a restaurant (a chain, nothing fancy) years ago, I picked this up thinking I'd hear a lot about the "drama" in restaurants - staff fights, romances, etc.
What it is, instead, is a quick and (despite the size) light read about how this one superstar restaurant is set up. Listings of various trivia points, such as how much the monthly flower bill is, or how many pounds of fish come through in a day, are fun and somewhat unbelievable. The vignettes and profiles of some of the employee's days are also quite amazing.
The "food porn" pictures are fantastic, and the included recipes look fascinating, though I don't know that I would ever use them.
Foodies who have been to Le Bernardin - or any big name, big city, luxury restaurant - would likely enjoy this, just to see what happens behind the scenes. This is definitely more of a coffee-table book than anything too deep or serious, but it's very well done.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: I'm not sure what to call this book
Comment: Is it a cookbook? No, but it has recipes. Is it a biography? Yes, but of a restaurant rather than a person. More than anything it is a day-to-day look at the workings of a wonderful restaurant. Detail is not spared. How much fish...how many napkins...details about the workers and their lives. And it is all put together in a way that is cohesive and entertaining. The lavish photos are unabashed food porn. The book is pretty, entertaining, instructive and well-worth the modest expense.
Customer Rating:
Summary: A visually very attractive book; well worth reading, too.
Comment: I'd expected some great recipes (they're there), and some interesting restaurant stories (ditto). What I didn't expect was a book with such high production values. The photography is great, the layout is quite attractive, and the quality of the writing is excellent. There are even enough little tidbits (food costs for meals, an idea what it's like to run a high-end restaurant) to maintain the interest of non-foodies.
You could put this book on your coffee table (it's pretty enough and has nice pictures throughout), read it for the recipes, or read it for the inside story from the restaurant. Three books in one!
Finally, I've eaten at Le Bernardin once in my life. Truly outrageous, and well worth the (considerable) cost.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Fabulous Read, Fabulous Book
Comment: This is an informative, well written and fascinating book about Le Bernardian. Beyond that, however, it's a really true to life glimpse of life in an big city restaurant. You'll learn about how many people and how much time it takes to make your meal, all in a tiny little space. You'll never take restaurant food for granted again!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Extraordinaire
Comment: Eric Ripert knocked it out of the park with this one. What an incredible book. The story of Le bernardin and the spirit of Maguy, Gilbert and Eric radiates from the book. I wish I could eat there everyday...
Customer Rating:
Summary: Beautiful, light, interesting
Comment: Having worked in a restaurant (a chain, nothing fancy) years ago, I picked this up thinking I'd hear a lot about the "drama" in restaurants - staff fights, romances, etc.
What it is, instead, is a quick and (despite the size) light read about how this one superstar restaurant is set up. Listings of various trivia points, such as how much the monthly flower bill is, or how many pounds of fish come through in a day, are fun and somewhat unbelievable. The vignettes and profiles of some of the employee's days are also quite amazing.
The "food porn" pictures are fantastic, and the included recipes look fascinating, though I don't know that I would ever use them.
Foodies who have been to Le Bernardin - or any big name, big city, luxury restaurant - would likely enjoy this, just to see what happens behind the scenes. This is definitely more of a coffee-table book than anything too deep or serious, but it's very well done.
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