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Eat Me: The Food and Philosophy of Kenny Shopsinby Kenny Shopsin and Carolynn Carreno
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:"Pancakes are a luxury, like smoking marijuana or having sex. That's why I came up with the names Ho Cakes and Slutty Cakes. These are extra decadent, but in a way, every pancake is a Ho Cake." Thus speaks Kenny Shopsin, legendary (and legendarily eccentric, ill-tempered, and lovable) chef and owner of the Greenwich Village restaurant (and institution) Shopsin's, which has been in existence since 1971. Kenny has finally put together his 900-plus-item menu and his unique philosophy — imagine Elizabeth David crossed with Richard Pryor — to create Eat Me, the most profound and profane cookbook you'll ever read. His rants — on everything from how the customer is not always right to the art of griddling; from how to run a small, ethical, and humane business to how we all should learn to cook in a Goodnight Moon world where everything you need is already in your own home and head — will leave you stunned or laughing or hungry... or all of the above. With more than 120 recipes including such perfect comfort foods as High School Hot Turkey Sandwiches, Cuban Bean Polenta Melt, and Cornmeal-Fried Green Tomatoes with Comeback Sauce, plus the best soups, egg dishes, and hamburgers you've ever eaten, Eat Me is White Trash Cooking for the 21st century, as unforgettable and mind-boggling as its author. From Our Staff:Kenny Shopsin's irascible personality floods through these pages. Tips he's learned from years in the kitchen will change the way you cook, and the recipes are fresh and crazy good. Review:"Kenny Shopsin hates publicity the way a magnet must hate metal filings. With a documentary, a New Yorker profile and several New York Times articles clinging to him, this supposedly reluctant restaurateur now adds to his own troubles by releasing a totally hilarious and surprisingly touching treatise on cooking, customer loyalty and family bonds. As his brood grew to include five kids, his Manhattan eatery shrunk in size, yet maintained its idiosyncratic 900-item menu (reproduced here in a 12-page spread). Recipes for more than 100 of the offerings are presented, including Mac 'n' Cheese Pancakes and Blisters on My Sisters (sunny-side-up eggs placed atop tortillas and a rice and bean concoction). But the real treat is Shopsin's salty philosophizing. Sure, pancakes are tasty, but he reminds us that, 'They are flour and milk drowned in butter and some form of sugar. They're crap.' And the customer is always wrong 'until they show me they are worth cultivating' as customers. Two such well-cultivated customers were the writer Calvin Trillin and his wife, Alice. They pop up throughout the book, providing not only happy reminiscences, but a roux of poignancy as both Shopsin and Trillin become widowers, bonded together over the love of a decent meal, quickly rendered. (Sept.)" Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.) Review:"Eat Me: The Food and Philosophy of Kenny Shopsin blends recipes with his uncensored thoughts on cooking." Christine Muhlke, New York Times Magazine Review:"Shopsin does not gladly suffer fools as customers and heaps abuse on those who do not kowtow. A riotously funny and magnificently idiosyncratic cookbook." Booklist Review:"Kenny Shopsin creates a book of enduring wisdom....This could go down as the Book of Five Rings of short-order cookery." New York Magazine blog, Grub Street Review:"I have known Kenny Shopsin for 25 years, and he is profane, unreasonable, more than occasionally rude, charming, funny, and totally ridiculous — sometimes all simultaneously. He's also a really good cook who can make me laugh, even while insulting me. So based on all the above, I was thrilled when we received an advance copy of Kenny's cookbook-memoir-philosophical tome, Eat Me: The Food and Philosophy of Kenny Shopsin. I knew it would be like Kenny, endlessly fascinating, sometimes infuriating, and totally engaging." Ed Levine, Seriouseats.com Synopsis:The legendary owner and chef of the Greenwich Village restaurant Shopsin's dishes food and philosophy in this collection of more than 120 recipes, including such perfect comfort foods as High School Hot Turkey Sandwiches, Cuban Bean Polenta Melt, and Cornmeal-Fried Green Tomatoes with Comeback Sauce, plus the best soups, egg dishes, and hamburgers. About the AuthorKenny Shopsin is a self-taught chef who has developed his own inimitable style: he colors outside of the lines and then uses the crayons in his pancakes. He lives in Greenwich Village. Carolynn Carreño is a James Beard Award-winning journalist and the coauthor of 100 Ways to Be Pasta, Once upon a Tart, and A Twist of the Wrist. She lives in Los Angeles and New York. What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!
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