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Girl Cook : A Novel
Girl Cook A Novel
Author: Hannah Mccouch
I, for one, have piled enough skyscraper salads to be given some consideration. I’m not working my way up the kitchen ladder for my goddamn health. I know all too well the sting of vinegar in an open cut. Oh yes, that salad you’re eating as a light appetizer? My bare hands have massaged dressing into every leaf. Lettuce loves me. ...  more ».

Layla Mitchner is a twenty-eight-year-old Cordon Bleu graduate trying to carve out a space for herself in the fast-paced, high-pressure world of Manhattan’s top restaurant kitchens. She knows she’s got the talent to be a great chef, but there she is slaving for a misogynistic boss who’d sooner promote the dishwasher than give a woman the chance to prove her sous-chef mettle. And while Layla knows that the dwindling balance in her bank account won’t begin to cover what she owes her roommate, she’s desperate not to seek help from her self-absorbed, serially divorced, soap-opera-actress mother.

Her romantic prospects seem no brighter. She gets set up with a nice enough guy, but his tassel loafers and corporate demeanor reek of the WASP aristocracy she’s determined to leave behind. After continuously striking out, she meets a musician who appears to be the bohemian Mr. Right of her dreams, only to find he may be more deadbeat than heartthrob. But Layla refuses to settle for anything short of true love and success, and she ultimately finds both where she least expects them.

Hannah McCouch’s fresh and animated voice leaps off the pages of Girl Cook, a deliciously modern Cinderella story of love, sex, chefs, and the city.
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ISBN-13: 9780812968408
ISBN-10: 0812968409
Publication Date: 6/8/2004
Pages: 240
Rating:
  • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
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3.3 stars, based on 9 ratings
Publisher: Villard
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Helpful Score: 3
In my opinion, this book is horrible!! Every other word is a cuss word, even Gordon Ramsay doesn't cuss this much on Hell's Kitchen. So the story line is mainly just cuss words, and in my opinion that shows an in-ability to write. If I wanted to read cuss words all day I would, but I don't want to, I want to read an actual story, and that's not happening in this book. I'll try to finish this book, but it's not one that I like, and I thought it would be fun to read, especially since this is Hell's Kitchen season, but alas, this book is anything but fun.
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Fun,quick read.
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Great book if you have ever worked in the restaurant business.


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