elinger chronicles her rise and fall in the restaurant business, beginning with the gritty hometown pub where she fell in love with the industry and ending with her final post serving celebrities at the Hamptons classic Nick & Toni's. In between, readers will join Selinger on her emotional journey as she learns the joys of fine fine dining, the allure and danger of power, and what it takes to walk away from a career you love when it no longer serves you.
Selinger’s writing is just as irresistible as the allure of the restaurants that sucked her into their pull from the early to mid 2000s, which makes her clear-eyed rebukes of the industry that much more compelling ... Selinger writes thoughtfully about the nature of labor, especially the unseen variety behind a charismatic figurehead, and the dire personal sacrifices that too many jobs require of their workers.
Howling ... Petty and mean ... Selinger opens her book pre-aggrieved. In fact, the book seems to have sprung like Zeus from the loins of titanic anger ... There’s a thin line between brutal honesty and glib brutality.
