Blood, Bones & Butter : The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef (CD-Audio)

from Narboink

The first part of 'Blood, Bones & Butter' is an intoxicating mix of great writing and epicurean indulgence. I'm not normally fond of memoirs, since they're usually nothing more than haphazard collections of self-aggrandizing lies. Gabrielle Hamilton, however, has done an almost perfect job of wri...

from abergsman

The first part of the book is a wonderful, lyrical tale of her childhood. However, the second half of the book disintegrates into a self-centered take on the disintegration of her marriage. Her attacks against her husband, mother, and most people around her lacks any self-reflection...it comes ac...

from nbsp

Blood, Bones & Butter is NY chef Gabrielle Hamilton's autobiography and it's a life anchored by food. She learns from her French mother a respect for fresh, local ingredients and a disdain for waste. From her father, especially, she gets an appreciation for sharing food with friends and family. H...

from britbrarian

When I read Anthony Bourdain's over-the-moon blurb for this book, I thought I knew what type of book it would be. I expected a low-down, gritty exposé of the New York restaurant industry, ripe with bad language and stomach-turning description. (I try not to read too many third-party reviews befor...

from TerriBooks

Gabrielle seems to be doing just about everything she can to make sure she has a difficult life. I wanted to say, "what are you thinking?" so many times. The book was uneven, parts hung together well and other sections were disjointed and made me wonder what she was trying to say. I enjoyed the i...