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Flash in the Pan
David Blum
其他書名
Life and Death of an American Restaurant
出版
Simon and Schuster
, 2013-03-26
主題
Literary Criticism / General
Cooking / Individual Chefs & Restaurants
Literary Criticism / American / General
ISBN
147673500X
9781476735009
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=qAZwCBLE7kgC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
“Finally back in print,
Flash in the Pan
is the original—and still the best—reportage on the life and death of an American restaurant, a ground level view of every phase of its life. From the early, hope filled planning stages to the last, humiliating moments, it's a tragi-comic epic of hubris and human folly. Painfully hilarious and even more painfully true. This is a welcome reissue of a restaurant classic that should be read by every culinary and food service student in America and sit comfortably next to Orwell's
Down and Out
on every shelf.”
—Anthony Bourdain, author of
Kitchen Confidential
In 1990, journalist David Blum got backstage access to the life and death of The Falls, a downtown Manhattan restaurant that captured the 1980s in all its extravagant excess. Its owners—a tanned, Brahmin barkeep and a handsome Irish firefighter from Queens—partnered with movie star pal Matt Dillon to cater to New York's most glamorous models, actors, and writers.
Flash in the Pan
captured in hilarious detail the quick decline and disastrous fall of The Falls, and has become a classic cautionary tale for anyone who might harbor the fantasy of opening a restaurant.
David Blum
is the editor of Kindle Singles, the storefront for high quality longform writing on Kindle. He was previously the editor in chief of
The Village Voice
and has written for
New York
magazine,
Esquire
,
Vanity Fair
,
The New Yorker
, and
The New York Times Magazine
.
Flash in the Pan
, first published in 1992, was his first book.