FICTION

Bread & Butter

Doubleday. Feb. 2014. 336p. ISBN 9780385537438. $25.95. F
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You know you're destined to be in the food industry when at the age of six you buy lamb's tongue at the local butcher with your allowance. Such is the case for Harry, but he's not alone; his brothers Britt and Leo also end up in the restaurant business. The two have pooled resources to open Winesap, a restaurant in Pennsylvania that is finally making a profit and attracting diners on a regular basis. Harry has spent time getting degrees and traveling but is back in town announcing that he, too, will open a restaurant. His brothers are skeptical because they know the effort, work, and money it takes. Harry, while passionate, has never been one to focus. Harry proceeds, and life becomes a jumble as Britt and Leo lose their pastry chef to Harry, Britt becomes enamored of a customer who dines every night with different guests, and Leo falls for his executive chef.
VERDICT A story of insider dining lore and the workings of restaurant kitchens by the author of But Not for Long and You Are Not You, this tale of family highs and lows is sure to please the most ardent foodie. For fans of Julia Glass's novels or Judith R. Hendricks baking novels. [See Prepub Alert, 9/1/13.]
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