from Kitchen Confidential- Anthony Bourdain
Orwell's Down and Out in Paris and London.
Nicolas Freeling's The Kitchen,
David Blum's Flash in the Pan,
the Batterberrys' fine account of American restaurant history, On the Town in New York,
Joseph Mitchell's Up in the Old Hotel.
Read the old masters: Escoffier, Bocuse et al.
as well as the Young Turks: Keller, Marco-Pierre White
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Jamie Oliver recipes
Caponata - aubergine stew
https://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/vegetables-recipes/incredible-sicilian-aubergine-stew-caponata/