Kitchens The Culture of Restaurant Work

Name: Kitchens The Culture of Restaurant Work
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ISBN: 9780520257924

ISBN-10: 0520257928

ISBN-13: 9780520257924

Edition: 2nd 2008 (Revised)

Authors: Gary Alan Fine

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Kitchenstakes us into the robust, overheated, backstage world of the contemporary restaurant. In this rich, often surprising portrait of the real lives of kitchen workers, Gary Alan Fine brings their experiences, challenges, and satisfactions to colorful life. A new preface updates this riveting exploration of how restaurants actually work, both individually and as part of a larger culinary culture.

Book details

List price: $29.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 12/2/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Preface to the 2009 Edition


Preface to the First Edition


Introduction



Living the Kitchen Life



Cooks' Time: Temporal Demands and the Experience of Work



The Kitchen as Place and Space



The Commonwealth of Cuisine



The Economical Cook: Organization as Business



Aesthetic Constraints



The Aesthetics of Kitchen Discourse



The Organization and Aesthetics of Culinary Life



Ethnography in the Kitchen: Issues and Cases


Notes


References


Index