Spiced: A Pastry Chef's True Stories of Trails by Fire, After-Hours Exploits, and What Really Goes on in the Kitchen, (Paperback)

from zibilee

Spiced, a memoir, tells the story of Dalia Jurgensen, a young woman who decides to quit her job in publishing to become a chef. Although she doesn't have much experience in a restaurant kitchen, she quickly gets an entry level job in New York's famedNobu restaurant plating desserts for the pastry...

from ladykate

Cooking and sewing in the home are considered "women's work", yet the professional world of restaurant kitchens and fashion design are still predominantly male. This truly hit home when reading Ms. Jurgensen's book. Sexism in professional kitchens is rampant and to speak up is to show weakness. K...

from ForeignCircus

I really enjoyed this kitchen expose, mostly because it was so very well-written. As an avid Top Chef viewer, I love learning more about the ins and outs of the restaurant world (even when it does make eating out a scary proposition). Jurgensen does an excellent job outlining the almost accidenta...

from paperloverevolution

I see people didn't like this book much. I really enjoyed it. Not only was it refreshing to see the tough-guy cook memoir done by a girl, but her writing is graceful - descriptive but terse, my favorite combination, and her descriptions of her coworkers and (most importantly) the food they create...

from cemming

It's a hard-knock life: Jurgensen's fair warning to those with culinary aspirations. For those of you who, like me, often dream of swapping a desk job for a pastry station, Dalia Jurgensen's Spiced is a revelation. Literally. Who knew the waters of kitchen politics would be as difficult to naviga...