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"The New York Times Bestselling Book--Great gift for Foodies ""The best, funniest, most revealing inside look at the restaurant biz since Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential."" -Jay McInerney With a foreword by Mario Batali Joe Bastianich is unquestionably one of the most successful restaurateurs in America-if not the world. So how did a nice Italian boy from Queens turn his passion for food and wine into an empire? In Restaurant Man, Joe charts a remarkable journey that first began in his parents' neighborhood eatery. Along the way, he shares fascinating stories about his establishments and his superstar chef partners-his mother, Lidia Bastianich, and Mario Batali. Ever since Anthony Bourdain whet literary palates with Kitchen Confidential, restaurant memoirs have been mainstays of the bestseller lists. Serving up equal parts rock 'n' roll and hard-ass business reality, Restaurant Man is a compelling ragu-to-riches chronicle that foodies and aspiring restauranteurs alike will be hankering to read. The New York Times Bestselling Book--Great gift for Foodies ""The best, funniest, most revealing inside look at the restaurant biz since Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential."" -Jay McInerney With a foreword by Mario Batali Joe Bastianich is unquestionably one of the most successful restaurateurs in America-if not the world. So how did a nice Italian boy from Queens turn his passion for food and wine into an empire? In Restaurant Man, Joe charts a remarkable journey that first began in his parents' neighborhood eatery. Along the way, he shares fascinating stories about his establishments and his superstar chef partners-his mother, Lidia Bastianich, and Mario Batali. Ever since Anthony Bourdain whet literary palates with Kitchen Confidential, restaurant memoirs have been mainstays of the bestseller lists. Serving up equal parts rock 'n' roll and hard-ass business reality, Restaurant Man is a compelling ragu-to-riches chronicle that foodies and aspiring restauranteurs alike will be hankering to read."

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Restaurant Man by [Joe Bastianich is] a terrific trench level primer on the biz. <br>-- Anthony Bourdain <br> In Restaurant Man...Joe Bastianich has served up a very smart insider's take on the New York City culinary scene as only and erudite and successful member of the secret society can do. The subtext of this love letter to the memory of his father is in itself a magnificent stand-alone dissertation. Joe pulls no punches and tells it exactly like it is in a way that punctuates the many oddities with brilliant black humor and scene-of-the-crime, matter-of-fact perspective. Restaurant Man will resonate with anyone who has come in contact with the world of food, entertainment, and wine or the cottage industry of scripted reality television it has spawned. <br>-- Mario Batali <br> [Restaurant Man is a] rambunctious memoir....Mr. Bastianich writes in a vigorous, swaggering style....a cross between Anthony Bourdain and Holden Caulfield. <br>-- Moira Hodgson, The Wall Street Journal <br> Enthralling.... Funny, often surprising, and if anything, illuminating. <br> -- The New York Observer <br> A fascinating, brutally candid look at the realities of operating your own eatery. <br> -- People <br> Compulsory reading for anyone who dreams of someday opening an eatery....The lessons [Joe] Bastianich has to offer are important and fundamental. <br>-- Russ Parsons, LATimes.com <br> [Restaurant Man is] a wild ride that ends with a richer, happier, healthier man amazed at his survival, emotionally reconciled with his past and committed to nurturing his family and his culinary legacy. <br> -- Wine Spectator <br> [A] darkly humorous and gossipy memoir...[Joe Bastianich's writing style] is reminiscent of Anthony Bourdain (Kitchen Confidential; Medium Raw) and covers some of the same territory. <br> -- Library Journal <br> Joe Bastianich tells it like it is....Restaurant Man is a brutally honest account of his rise from self-proclaimed Quee

Restaurant Man by [Joe Bastianich is] a terrific trench level primer on the biz. -- Anthony Bourdain In Restaurant Man...Joe Bastianich has served up a very smart insider's take on the New York City culinary scene as only and erudite and successful member of the secret society can do. The subtext of this love letter to the memory of his father is in itself a magnificent stand-alone dissertation. Joe pulls no punches and tells it exactly like it is in a way that punctuates the many oddities with brilliant black humor and scene-of-the-crime, matter-of-fact perspective. Restaurant Man will resonate with anyone who has come in contact with the world of food, entertainment, and wine or the cottage industry of scripted reality television it has spawned. -- Mario Batali [Restaurant Man is a] rambunctious memoir....Mr. Bastianich writes in a vigorous, swaggering style....a cross between Anthony Bourdain and Holden Caulfield. -- Moira Hodgson, The Wall Street Journal Enthralling.... Funny, often surprising, and if anything, illuminating. -- The New York Observer A fascinating, brutally candid look at the realities of operating your own eatery. -- People Compulsory reading for anyone who dreams of someday opening an eatery....The lessons [Joe] Bastianich has to offer are important and fundamental. -- Russ Parsons, LATimes.com [Restaurant Man is] a wild ride that ends with a richer, happier, healthier man amazed at his survival, emotionally reconciled with his past and committed to nurturing his family and his culinary legacy. -- Wine Spectator [A] darkly humorous and gossipy memoir...[Joe Bastianich's writing style] is reminiscent of Anthony Bourdain (Kitchen Confidential; Medium Raw) and covers some of the same territory. -- Library Journal Joe Bastianich tells it like it is....Restaurant Man is a brutally honest account of his rise from self-proclaimed Quee

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JOE BASTIANICH lives in Connecticut. He is an acclaimed restauranteur and judge on MasterChef alongside Gordon Ramsay and Graham Elliot.

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