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Book

The dish : the lives and labor behind one plate of food

Call Number

  • 647.95 F9112 (CEN)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York : Mariner Books, [2023]

Physical Description

xvi, 271 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Summary

Acclaimed "chef writer" Andrew Friedman introduces readers to all the people and processes that come together in a single restaurant dish, creating an entertaining, vivid snapshot of the contemporary restaurant community, modern farming industry, and food-supply chain.--

Contents

  • Author's note
  • Introduction: how does it all fit together?
  • Calling orders
  • Menu meeting
  • Prep
  • Preshift
  • Service
  • Plate-up
  • Afterword
  • Acknowledgments.

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