Service Included: Four-Star Secrets of an Eavesdropping Waiter

SERVICE INCLUDED: FOUR-STAR SECRETS OF AN EAVESDROPPING WAITER: Phoebe Damrosch: William Morrow: Nonfiction: 228 pages

Phoebe Damrosch landed her dream job at Thomas Keller’s 4-star restaurant in New York City, where she worked for two years serving the rich and famous. Damrosch takes her readers behind the scenes, revealing the waiters’ extensive training, the drama of evaluation by a professional food critic, and the staff’s devotion to food. Damrosch writes well and the first half of the book is extremely enjoyable, but the second half suffers when the author’s relationship with an unfaithful co-worker takes over the story and moves the emphasis away from the food world.

MBC