In this tart, tautly written, hilarjously funny insider look at the restaurant business, Trevor White offers an impassioned, unbiased exposé of the world of dining out. From the most fashionable tables in New York, London, and Paris to local fast-food chains, he takes us behind the scenes and demonstrates that all too often we are being conned or cowed by overrated, egomaniacal chefs, pretentious waiters, and self-important critics, whose cursory evaluations and often prejudiced reviews can sound the death knell of a worthy eatery. A scathing attack on gourment dogma, White's defiantly populist critique of today's restaurant culture redefines the dining room as a place in which people have the right to be satisfied rather than intimidated. Included, too, is a fascibating conversation between celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain and the author, where both reveal their respective viewpoints on the culinary world. Book jacket.

トレヴァー・ホワイトの『Kitchen Con』は、美食という虚飾の牙城に冷や水を浴びせる、痛烈なノンフィクションです。傲慢なシェフや批評家の欺瞞を冷徹に暴き出す洗練された筆致の底流には、消費者の尊厳を奪還せんとする情熱が脈打っています。食の権威に怯える現代の風潮を、その根底から揺さぶる一冊です。 アンソニー・ボーディンとの対話も見逃せません。プロの矜持が火花を散らすこの対談は、食事の純粋な愉悦を取り戻すための知的な闘争と言えます。権威を排し、食卓の主役が誰であるかを再定義する本作は、美食の迷宮を彷徨う読者にとって、最も刺激的な覚醒の書となるはずです。