Don't go out to eat until you've listened to these wickedly funny tales of the restaurant biz by a wise-guy New York chef. Learn why not to order fish on Mondays, or hollandaise – ever. Now a hit TV series. "Enticing... [He] holds nopunches as he spills the beans about food, food handlers, and food fondlers, and his fast-paced, colorful reading brings a personal dynamism to this exposé of haute cuisine."—Booklist