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Book Synopsis
Offering a portrait of the real lives of kitchen workers, this book presents their experiences, challenges, and satisfactions to colorful life.

Trade Review
"Oozes with first-hand accounts of pranks and mishaps... Fine's book entertains as it enlightens." North By Northwestern

Table of Contents
Preface to the 2009 Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Introduction
Chapter 1. Living the Kitchen Life
Chapter 2. Cooks'Time:Temporal Demands
and the Experience of Work
Chapter 3. The Kitchen as Place and Space
Chapter 4· The Commonwealth of Cuisine
Chapter 5· The Economical Cook:Organization as Business
Chapter 6. Aesthetic Constraints
Chapter 7· The Aesthetics of Kitchen Discourse
Chapter 8. The Organization and Aesthetics of Culinary Life
Appendix. Ethnography in the Kitchen:Issues and Cases
Notes
References
Index

Kitchens

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      Publisher University of California Press
      Published 2 December 2008
      ISBN-13 9780520257924
      978-0520257924
      ISBN-10 0520257928
      Also in:
      Hospitality and service industries Sociology: work and labour

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Offering a portrait of the real lives of kitchen workers, this book presents their experiences, challenges, and satisfactions to colorful life.

      Trade Review
      "Oozes with first-hand accounts of pranks and mishaps... Fine's book entertains as it enlightens." North By Northwestern

      Table of Contents
      Preface to the 2009 Edition
      Preface to the First Edition
      Introduction
      Chapter 1. Living the Kitchen Life
      Chapter 2. Cooks'Time:Temporal Demands
      and the Experience of Work
      Chapter 3. The Kitchen as Place and Space
      Chapter 4· The Commonwealth of Cuisine
      Chapter 5· The Economical Cook:Organization as Business
      Chapter 6. Aesthetic Constraints
      Chapter 7· The Aesthetics of Kitchen Discourse
      Chapter 8. The Organization and Aesthetics of Culinary Life
      Appendix. Ethnography in the Kitchen:Issues and Cases
      Notes
      References
      Index

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