Displaying 1 of 1 2009 Format: Book Author: Fine, Gary Alan. Title: Kitchens : the culture of restaurant work / Gary Alan Fine. Edition: Updated ed. Publisher, Date: Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press, 2009. Description: xxiii, 303 pages ; 23 cm Summary: 'Kitchens' takes the reader into the robust, overheated, backstage world of the contemporary restaurant. In this portrait of the real lives of kitchen workers, the author brings their experiences, challenges, and satisfactions to life. Subjects: Kitchens -- Social aspects -- United States. Cooks -- United States -- Social conditions. Notes: Previous edition: 1996. Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-292) and index. Contents: Living the kitchen life -- Cooks' time : temporal demands and the experience of work -- The kitchen as place and space -- The commonwealth of cuisine -- The economical cook : organization as a business -- Aesthetic constraints -- The aesthetics of kitchen discourse -- The organization and aesthetics of culinary life. ISBN: 9780520200784 0520200780 9780520257924 0520257928 Other Number: 312441629 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 228471 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 305.9642 Fine Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1