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Loading... Flash in the Pan: Life and Death of an American Restaurant (edition 1992)by David Blum
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. The topic of this book was fascinating, but the style was very tough to slog through. I only made it halfway through the book before I couldn't take it anymore. It's written with the same style as a voice-over in a crime re-enactment. It's a true story, but it's written in the present tense which I find very odd. I wouldn't recommend it. ( ) no reviews | add a review
"Finally back in print, Flash in the Pan is the original--and still the best--reportage on the life and death of an American restaurant, a ground level view of every phase of its life. From the early, hope filled planning stages to the last, humiliating moments, it's a tragi-comic epic of hubris and human folly. Painfully hilarious and even more painfully true. This is a welcome reissue of a restaurant classic that should be read by every culinary and food service student in America and sit comfortably next to Orwell's Down and Out on every shelf." --Anthony Bourdain, author of Kitchen Confidential In 1990, journalist David Blum got backstage access to the life and death of The Falls, a downtown Manhattan restaurant that captured the 1980s in all its extravagant excess. Its owners--a tanned, Brahmin barkeep and a handsome Irish firefighter from Queens--partnered with movie star pal Matt Dillon to cater to New York's most glamorous models, actors, and writers. Flash in the Pan captured in hilarious detail the quick decline and disastrous fall of The Falls, and has become a classic cautionary tale for anyone who might harbor the fantasy of opening a restaurant. David Blum is the editor of Kindle Singles, the storefront for high quality longform writing on Kindle. He was previously the editor in chief of The Village Voice and has written for New York magazine, Esquire, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and The New York Times Magazine. Flash in the Pan, first published in 1992, was his first book. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)641.5097471Technology Home and family management Food And Drink Cooking, cookbooks > Biography And History North America Northeastern U.S. New YorkLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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