FINE DINING MADNESS: The rules & realities of fine dining
Author: John Galloway
The waiter spit in your food. And no way that last cup of coffee was decaf. Your steak took a dramatic roll on the kitchen floor, but according to the staff, the three-second rule applies. When it comes to dining out, our worst fears are realities and much, much more. But thankfully, there is hilarious rescue. In Fine Dining Madness restaurant journeyman John Galloway takes the diner to school and shows how to avoid such service malice and get the very most from their dining experience.
Fine Dining Madness gives all restaurant patrons the steadfast rules. With priceless humor and shocking revelations, John Galloway recounts his restaurant war stories and people therein. From mega-stars, call girls, mob bosses, and crazed chefs, to all forms of addiction, wine insights, imperative tipping protocol and other vital insider information, you learn how to get the maximum value from your restaurant dollar. He even spills the news on a thousand reasons why not to own a restaurant. All the while, John Galloway plots his own departure from the brutal grasp of restaurant toil. His dream is to fly, but first he must survive his time as a fine dining penguin.
(Alan Cauruba) - BOOKVIEWS
John Galloway's Fine Dining Madness: The Rules & Realities of Fine Dining (From iUniverse, $28.95 hardcover, $18.95 paperback) that is a hilarious introduction to dining well while setting out for restaurant patrons steadfast rules that will insure they get a great meal and what to do if they don't. Anyone who dines out regularly will enjoy how this book recounts all kinds of stories about how restaurants really function and how to separate the best from the worst. For anyone thinking about owning a restaurant, this book will surely talk you out of that notion. In short, this is a fun book.
What People Are Saying
The Louisville Journal-Courier
"Savagely Funny!"
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NEW YORK (CBS) Fine Dining Madness is the wickedly funny new tell-all book of behind-the-scenes, in front of the house restaurant life, describes the three-second rule. If your steak takes a dramatic fall to the kitchen floor and is retrieved in three seconds, it can continue to your table. John Galloway, a food service vet in five states, has written war stories of himself and other abused staffers by themselves or patrons and how they react. Subtitled The Rules & Realities of Fine Dining, this book offers priceless insights on what to do and especially what not to do, from the initial scouting of restaurants to the phone call for reservations and all the rest of the way to a successful, or disastrous dinner. Admittedly written from the insiders' point of view, it blazes a take-no-prisoners path through the industry, and is hilarious. Fine Dining Madness is published by iUniverse.
See also: Behavioral Game Theory or Five Star Leadership
Backyard Vintner: An Enthusiast's Guide to Growing Grapes and Making Wine at Home
Author: Jim Law
Welcom to your own personal wine country, where you will discover recipes and techniques for making and evaluating fine red, white and rose wines from one of America's finest winemakers. This accessible guide teaches you how to select, grow, and harvest grapes that are suited to your region, and, then, how to make authentic artisan wine from them.
Included are:
- Inspiring photographs and how-to illustrations that demonstrate techniques for growing grapes and making wine
- Tips on determining what kind of soil you have, how fertile it is, and which grapes are best suited to it
- Guides to which types of grapes will grow best in your climate
- Ideas on making, storing, and appreciating wines for readers at both the professional and nonprofessional level.
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