White Jacket Required: A Culinary Coming-of-Age Story
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| Rating | : | 4.18 (712 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1402777779 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 216 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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She lives in Santa Rosa, CA.. About the AuthorJenna Weber attended Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Orlando, FL, with the goal of landing a job at one of the top food magazines. Instead, she ended up becoming a hugely popular blogger and writing this, her first book. Visit her blog at eatliverun to get an up-to-the-minute look at Jenna's world of food
Visit her blog at eatliverun to get an up-to-the-minute look at Jenna's world of food. Jenna Weber attended Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Orlando, FL, with the goal of landing a job at one of the top food magazines. She lives in Santa Rosa, CA.. Instead, she ended up becoming a hugely popular blogger and writing this, her first book
Jenna's charming coming-of-age story follows her ups-and-downs as she confronts the rigors of training, gets her first job, deals with a family crisis, and enters into a love affair.. What do you do when you've just graduated from college and aren't sure what your next step should be? Jenna Weber, whose Eat, Live, Run blog has a huge following, turned to culinary school--but to become a food writer, not a chef
"Great recipes, but shallow stories behind them" according to Christina Hayes. I enjoyed the format of the book, with recipes after each chapter- and most of the recipes are quite good. The narrative itself, though, is fairly thinly developed. The first few chapters seem devoted to "what a quirky kid I was!" The rest of the book recounts the few years after Jenna graduated from college, and they lack a coherent narrative. The book tries to shoehorn her experiences into "young woman follows her dreams!" but I think "young woman flails about, trying to find something worthwhile to do with her life" would be more accurate- and a much more interesting read.The b. "Disappointment" according to Barbara Korte. Poorly written by an uninteresting author. The author comes across as extremely immature. The premise of someone who doesn't know how to cook, doesn't like to cook and doesn't intend to cook going to cooking school turned out to be extremely disappointing.. Easy to read but not well written brit The reviewers who note the frustrating inconsistencies, erratic pacing, and lack of emotional depth are spot-on. The book is worth reading if you're a fan of the blog. Although you'll have to overlook the vast difference between the writing tone on the blog and the one in the book (among other inconsistencies). Another element that I found extremely frustrating was that many of the recipes are already on the blog and have been for years. It seems as if she tried to copy Amanda Hesser's Cooking with Mr. Latte or Elizabeth Bard's Lunch in Paris but fell drastically short. Both the a