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Service Included | Phoebe Damrosch

4 posts | 7 read | 4 to read

Kitchen Confidential meets Sex and the City in this delicious, behind-the-scenes memoir from the first female captain at one of New York City's most prestigious restaurants While Phoebe Damrosch was figuring out what to do with her life, she supported herself by working as a waiter. Before long she was a captain at the New York City four-star restaurant Per Se, the culinary creation of master chef Thomas Keller. Service Included is the story of her experiences there: her obsession with food, her love affair with a sommelier, and her observations of the highly competitive and frenetic world of fine dining. She also provides the following dining tips: Please do not ask your waiter what else he or she does. Please do not steal your waiter's pen. Please do not say you're allergic when you don't like something. Please do not send something back after eating most of it. Please do not make faces or gagging noises when hearing the specials—someone else at the table might like to order one of them. After reading this book, diners will never sit down at a restaurant table the same way again.

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jennbee

Service Included | Phoebe Damrosch

so-so

I started this book with high hopes and was pleased. The author describes gourmet food in a flattering light without too many adjectives. Towards the end of the book, she gets preachy and goes on a long diatribe on people who don‘t spend money on fine dining, pointing out that they spend on things she considers luxuries, such as boxed cereal and day care. She clearly views herself as superior to the average diner and isn‘t afraid to tell us.

writerlibrarian

Service Included | Phoebe Damrosch

I'm a fan of the "behind the scene" restaurant book. Not as good as Kitchen Confidential but interesting. This is about the front staff who waits on the clients. #uncannyOctober #waiting

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Service Included | Phoebe Damrosch

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