Your Table Is Ready

Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maītre D' | Michael Cecchi-Azzolina

I describe my years in food service as sex, sarcasm & stress. Plenty of alcohol & drugs too (I didn‘t partake). That is captured here. Although C-A acknowledges the sexual antics would constitute harassment today, he also says no one was bothered back then. I hated having to sidestep sticky fingers. I said nothing because I needed the job. Doesn‘t mean I wasn‘t bothered! Also, Woody Allen deserves a table nowhere.

Tamra Oh god yes - Woody Allen disgusts me. 13mo

RebL @Tamra No quarter for that guy. 13mo

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kbuggle

Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maītre D' | Michael Cecchi-Azzolina

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A very real memoir of a career in restaurants. Loud and fun in the best of ways on audio.

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JenReadsAlot

Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maītre D' | Michael Cecchi-Azzolina

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Decent but didn't love it like I thought I might.

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JenReadsAlot

Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maītre D' | Michael Cecchi-Azzolina

1. Yoga type pants and a t-shirt. Maybe long sleeve if it's really cold!
2. Four- listening to tagged book and reading three others which is a bit much for me!
Thanks @Kshakal @TheSpineView #two4tuesday

TheSpineView Thanks for playing along! 14mo

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Cinfhen

Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maītre D' | Michael Cecchi-Azzolina

so-so

This was entertaining and lighthearted but I came away with a bad taste in my mouthš‰I really did not care for the author - hotheaded, egotistical and raunchy. Lots of name dropping and overly salacious but a quick listen with some great tidbits about NYC eateries. Listened to audio on a long bus ride from Marrakech to Essaouira, where we saw the famous goats in the Aragon trees!!!

Cinfhen Thanks for gifting me this audio @Megabooks #Booked2023 1y

Cinfhen #SetInTheWorkplace #52Books23 @Deblovestoread @ashleyhoss820 @barbarabb @jenniferw88 @squirrelbrain @karenuk @leerharry @carolynm @azulaco @Lizpixie 1y

Cinfhen @bookbelle84 @librarybelle @maclean4 @read4life @ravenlee @larareads @britt_brooke @triplem80 @smarkies @bluebird @debbiegrillo 1y

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BarbaraBB Fab pick again! I remember those goats and I loved both cities ā¯¤ļø¸ 1y

Cinfhen LOVED both of those cities too and Rabat @BarbaraBB but those poor goats!!! Terrible animal cruelty- we took the photo from our bus window 1y

Cinfhen So the legend goes the local Berber people used the goats as part of the argan oil producing process. Waiting for the animals to eat the fruit and then excrete the nut, effectively performing part of the oil-extraction process for them. But this has, thankfully, been overtaken by more modern argan oil-producing methods today. So the goats in trees is all about photo ops & a way to make $$ off of the tourists. 1y

LeeRHarry Great photo- I spent a birthday in Essaouira many years ago, had a brilliant time š 1y

Cinfhen I would have liked to spend more time in Essaouira @LeeRHarry reminded me of Santorini - wouldn‘t mind celebrating a bday thereš 1y

BarbaraBB @Cinfhen I haven‘t visited Rabat. Maybe in March. I just drove by those goats too, I didn‘t know they are treated cruelly 1y

LeahBergen What a fantastic photo! 1y

TrishB Trip looks fantastic. 1y

squirrelbrain Hmmm, may let this slip further down the TBR listā€¦. 1y

Librarybelle The goats! I have this on my tbr, but I‘m thinking the same thing as @squirrelbrain ā€¦ 1y

Cinfhen It may have been the timing was off for me @Librarybelle @squirrelbrain but it‘s hard to listen to a guy describing meals with $1200 bottles of wine and im currently in the Atlas Mountains with a family of 14 who don‘t have running water & are literally living in a cement cave 1y

Cinfhen I have so many awesome photos @TrishB @LeahBergen it‘s hard to choose which to share 1y

DivineDiana How fantastic! I have seen pictures online of the goats in the trees, but never where they resided. And your photo assures me they are real! Had not heard of the animal cruelty. š š³š” (edited) 1y

Cinfhen Unfortunately the locals put the goats up in the tree and keep them there all day on slim branches or wooden planks just to get tourists to stop and take pictures @DivineDiana - the goats seem utterly terrified and if they move they will fall out the tree and risk breaking bones or even dying. It‘s really sad š˛ 1y

Megabooks That‘s terrible about the goats! It‘s so frustrating when they‘re forced to perform, in whatever way, for tourists. Sorry this didn‘t totally work for you! We are just feeling differently about most books these days. š¤·š¸»ā€¨ā™€ļø¸š¤·š¸»ā€¨ā™€ļø¸š¤·š¸»ā€¨ā™€ļø¸ 1y

Megabooks And yeah, I see your point about income inequality and poverty. š” (edited) 1y

Cinfhen We are definitely out of sync but I still love reading all your reviews and appreciate all your recommendations @Megabooks š„ (edited) 1y

Centique Your photos are amazing! 1y

Centique I‘m so sad to hear that the goats are forced up there šØ 1y

Megabooks šš 1y

Cinfhen Thanks @Centique xx 1y

DivineDiana That is so sad. š¢ 1y

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Julsmarshall

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A great debut! This is a must read for all current and recovering restaurant workers. Especially those of us of a ā€certain‘ age. Funny, sometimes shocking, this peek behind the curtain filled with stories of foodies and the famous is a whole lot of fun. #BookspinBingo #Doublespin @TheAromaofBooks #Nonfiction2023 #IWillSurvive #2023ReadySetRead @Clwojick @Riveted_Reader_Melissa

SamAnne There was a recent Fresh Air interview with the author. It was good. 1y

Julsmarshall Ooh, @SamAnne I‘ll have to look that up! Thanks! 1y

Clwojick This looks so good! Can‘t wait to read it! 1y

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1y

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Cinfhen

Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maītre D' | Michael Cecchi-Azzolina

Thanks for this awesome gift @Megabooks I really appreciate your abundance of kindness š’

Megabooks Yay!! I hope you enjoy it (and don‘t own it)!! Happy Hanukkah!! 1y

Cinfhen Nope! It was on my TBR thanks to your review but now I own it @Megabooks š’š’š’ I‘m gonna save this for #DeweyDecimalChallenge 1y

Megabooks @Cinfhen great! I haven‘t started planning for that at all! š‚ 1y

KarenUK Oh this looks awesome! 1y

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Megabooks

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Michael does for maître d‘s what Tony did for chefs. He shares front-of-house secrets and stories from his career working in fine dining in NYC from the rollicking pre-crash 80s to the post-Covid era. He does concede some of the stories contain what would likely be considered harassment and labor violations now, but he shares the times as he lived them as well as tips for scoring a hard-to-get table for your special occasion.

Cinfhen

JenReadsAlot Oh I was looking at this one so great to see your review! 1y

squirrelbrain Ooh, this sounds good! And I went looking for it, fully expecting it not to be available here, and it‘s on Scribd audio! š‘¸ 1y

Cinfhen This sounds FUN!! #stacked 1y

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Megabooks @JenReadsAlot I jumped on it first from my library new releases! 1y

Megabooks @squirrelbrain yay!! Enjoy!! 1y

Megabooks @Cinfhen it was very fun! Maybe it‘s on scribd here?? 1y

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