Books

Day 14: Medium Raw

This makes a solid hit of methadone to carry you through the end of Kitchen Confidential. It’s more mature, but it has less manic energy than its predecessor. 

In a way, it’s more accessible because he focuses on household names from the food industry. But it’s kind of like a sophomore album about life on the road. The technical mastery is more advanced, but it’s less relatable for most. 

If you’ve enjoyed both Kitchen Confidential and this, check out Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell. 

Four stars.

Just to refresh the mission here:

I read a whole bunch of books last year, and I’m gonna try to review one per day until I’ve covered them all.

Stay tuned for a scathing review of When Breath Becomes Air tomorrow

My friend wrote “when breath becomes air” so I’ll just preemptively note that anything bad you might say about him is surely wrong 🙂