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What a great book - facinating and funny, HEAT is one of my favorites. Buford gives you a taste of Mario Batali's life and what it takes to be a chef. Then he goes on his own journey, to experience for himself; Mario's past apprenticships in Europe. Highly recomended!
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A facinating read - with lots of historical examples to illustrate Ori Brafman's ideas on leaderless organizatons and how they thrive; especially when being attacked. From Apaches to Al-Qaeda, Google to GM and Starfish to Spiders, Brafman covers it all.
I loved this book.
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Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany (Vintage) by Bill Buford
triton, November 24, 2008
What a great book - facinating and funny, HEAT is one of my favorites. Buford gives you a taste of Mario Batali's life and what it takes to be a chef. Then he goes on his own journey, to experience for himself; Mario's past apprenticships in Europe. Highly recomended!(10 of 17 readers found this comment helpful)
The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations by Ori Brafman
triton, November 18, 2008
A facinating read - with lots of historical examples to illustrate Ori Brafman's ideas on leaderless organizatons and how they thrive; especially when being attacked. From Apaches to Al-Qaeda, Google to GM and Starfish to Spiders, Brafman covers it all.I loved this book.
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