So this is the story of Ms. Darling who quits her stable job in publishing to enter into the intense and unknown world of culinary school.I have to admit that I loved the descriptions of culinary school (I can only dream of having the author's talent). However, I suspect that Ms. Darling might be a bit of a jerk. She is not very kind to her live-in boyfriend and didn't do much to befriend her fellow classmates. I find myself enjoying the story much more than I like the story-teller. Do you remember that blonde that was in your class at the French Culinary Institute? Well, she's written a pretty nasty book about all of you! I read this book because my sister and I had eaten at L'Ecole while I lived in CT. The food was great; I wanted to get a little peek behind the scenes. Some of the recipes were interesting, (rabbit, anyone?) but I found the author to be whiny and self-serving. Some of her rants about her fellow classmates would put a middle school student to shame. To top it all off, she never even works as a chef "What worked against me even more than my lack of restaurant experience (duh--my comment) was my GPA--it seemed that many chefs wanted to hire people to work in the kitchen whom they could mold to their own way of doing things..." Really? An employer wants you to do things their way?
Very funny and interesting stories about cooking school
—annables
It was about how I expected it to be.
—Mart
Rec by Southern Living, May 2009
—TaylorBergsma
Couldn't finish it.
—sarah
