Leonardo Lucarelli

Entertaining if not terribly substantive foodie memoir. The writing is a little choppy and erratic but Lucarelli has a fun voice and I enjoyed following his adventures around the Italian restaurant world. Maybe it could have been like a long New Yorker article rather than a book; it was kind of repetitive and basically all I got out of it was, food drugs dedication food cooking women sex food money food family food. I didn't get the feeling Lucarelli was a deep thinker or anything but I could tell that he loves food and professional cooking.… (meer)

Book Received from NetGalley

The first few pages are a rough go. If I hadn't agreed to review the book, I probably would have put it down at that point. However, since I had agreed to review it I kept going. Around page 20 the book got much more interesting, and I was happy I had decided to keep going. It's the backstory of a chef and how he "accidently" started in the business. Parts of it were great while others seemed to drag. I did enjoy the book, it's a good but not great autobiography. It's definitely not something I'll re-read. It may be more enjoyable for someone who is in the culinary trade.… (meer)