Couch Surfing in the U District
While in Redmond yesterday, Liana and I picked up a few books in preparation for some serious cafe couch reading today. We ended up at Cafe on the Ave in the University District, where they serve some tasty breakfast all day and have comfy couches to claim for an afternoon. YAY. The place wasn’t as welcoming as the cafe from Valentine’s weekend, but it was a nice place nonetheless.
While we were there, Liana started on Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, while I cracked open The Reach of a Chef by Michael Ruhlman, the leading authority on what’s going on in the restaurant industry (and an in-depth look into a chef’s mind). Amazon has a quick summary:
For his previous explorations into the restaurant kitchen and the men and women who call it home, Michael Ruhlman has been described by Anthony Bourdain as “the greatest living writer on the subject of chefs—and on the business of preparing food.” In The Reach of a Chef, Ruhlman examines the profound shift in American culture that has raised restaurant cooking to the level of performance art and the status of the chef to celebrity CEO. Bibliophiles and foodies alike will savor this intimate meeting with some of the most famous chefs in the kitchens of the hottest restaurants in the world.
I’ve read a few of Ruhlman’s previous books (thanks Jeff for the present!) and there’s definitely been a lot of overlapping of information through out the series. I’ve been looking forward to this book because it describes the students that joined culinary school after the huge spotlight on the restaurant industry… which is pretty much me. LOL. Regrettably, I’ll probably learn how people like myself have disrupted (read: destroyed) the space-time continuum regular flow of the restaurant industry, but maybe I’ll learn where the future is going!
YAY Reading! 
~Spec
April 29th, 2008 at 11:42 pm
i like reading someone’s article
i cant stop myself to surf the net to find some beautiful articles..
thanks for the post