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Book Synopsis"The most entertaining cookbook in memory…A game changer." —Anthony Bourdain
Trade Review"A cupcake primer this is not. The punk rocker turned pastry chef at NYC’s Del Posto has delivered a hilarious page-turner." -- Bon Appétit
"This is one you’ll want to read cover-to-cover." -- Eater
"It is humble. It is brave. It is extreme. It is wacky. It is by far and away the best anti-cookbook cookbook I have ever read. I will be reading it again and again. It is genius. Bravo, Brooks Headley!" -- Bill Buford - Food52
"When was the last time a cake recipe made you weep with laughter? Exactly. Brooks Headley—punk dude, vegetarian sympathizer, stealth genius, hero to all in the New York pastry world— has created something entirely new. It’s a cookable memoir about his life in music and food (i.e., lots of time in basements), but not the kind they’ll make a cute movie out of. And the art direction by Jason Fulford and Tamara Shopsin (of
Eat Me: The Food & Philosophy of Kenny Shopsin notoriety) take the deadpan brilliance to another level." -- Christine Muhlke, executive editor, Bon Appétit
"A visceral and attitudinal and gustatory joy-ride, an exhilarating few laps around a 4 star kitchen in a beat up obscure punk rocker’s tour van. And Brooks Headley is as devoted to the sweet joy as he is to the hard ride of excellence in the pastry kitchen." -- Gabrielle Hamilton
"One part unconventional memoir to two parts nontraditional cookbook." -- Hugh Merwin - New York Magazine
