The story of how a food writer and her husband opened up a pizza restaurant in Seattle – and how it affected their relationship. I\u2019m not sure I was the target audience of this book – sure, I love food and pizza, too. But I think anyone who is considering opening a restaurant (or working at one) would find this book useful. There are a lot of details about setting up the restaurant: dreaming up the idea, finding the location, purchasing equipment, inspections, and opening night. All of this really reminded me why I enjoy cooking at home and would never want to do it professionally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The story is interspersed with recipes and the author points out that the food of the restaurant isn\u2019t really what they ate – they saved the good stuff for the paying customers. The recipes were foods that they love to eat, usually simple and it sounded like food that we often make at home for ourselves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The author\u2019s style is often with humor, but for me the jokes didn\u2019t always land well. However the writer was super honest about how they felt at each stage of the process, and how those feelings changed over time. I especially liked their ideas about what makes a restaurant feel cozy – and what makes a group of restaurant workers comfortable working there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But most of all I felt like the entire book was sort of a big thank you note – to all the people who helped get their restaurant started, and to the key people that pitched in along the way. A quick check online after I finished the book found that the restaurant is still open, the pizza chef husband of the author is now an ex-husband but still running restaurants, and the author is dealing with a sexual identity shift and a new life with someone else. But as a snapshot of an adventure in their lives, this was an entertaining book. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Next I am reading The Warded Man by Peter V. Brett.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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