Jonathan Dixon

I found this really well-written and engaging, and I don't have the slightest interest in cooking or food. This is not the typical memoir where someone gets a book contract to do something funky for a year and then write about it. It is as much about following your dream relatively late in life (if late 30s can be considered "late") as it is about the specific dream. The author worked his tail off at this school and comes across as very smart and human. He is an awesome storyteller, creating real suspense, making the reader root for him and feel for him. He somehow manages to talk about the often-abusive faculty without making them seem like total ogres. Beautiful book, not a single clunky sentence. Highly recommended.… (meer)