{"product_id":"food-bullshit-and-other-complications-paperback","title":"Food, Bullshit, and... Other Complications - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlex Fenot\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'm a French chef. Exiled in the United States for twenty years. I did not say expatriated for a reason. I watch my country from a distance and carry the absence like an open wound that refuses to heal. Here, I'm also a restaurant customer. I do my grocery shopping like everyone else. And I watch this world change-aisle by aisle, plate by plate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA republic isn't built only in parliament, congress, or senate-but at the counter, at the table, and in a kitchen.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat's why this book wasn't written from a kitchen but while sitting at a restaurant table. It talks about what we order, what we eat, and above all-what we've lost without even noticing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA journey between two worlds. Two countries. Two ways of eating. Two ways of living.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn one side: a world where traditional cooking gets deboned by apps, where you order in three clicks what you no longer want to cook. A world where you eat while driving, while working, while chasing time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the other: bistros, brasseries, neighborhood cafés, and old-school restaurants. Dining rooms that vibrate, kitchens that catch fire, servers hanging on, and cooks entrenched behind their stoves. And customers, torn between quinoa and beef bourguignon. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA muffled but merciless war between the butter nostalgics and the gluten-free converts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is also about the dishes that tell a story about an era. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout what we no longer dare serve or say. Food lovers looking for comfort on a plate and craftsmen holding the line.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThose who do their grocery shopping like a pilgrimage and find each other at a table, around a dish in sauce, like around a compass.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA culinary tale for those who love to eat, who know that food says more about us than any speech ever could.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA love letter to a cuisine that still has flavor. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeasoned, as always, with sarcasm and venom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause they're part of the taste.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI'm not looking for either disciples, or followers.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI'm looking for guests.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.46 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 12, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67840118456472,"sku":"9798993109572","price":35.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/LOfNPlL8A09798993109572.webp?v=1793303481","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobookstore.com\/products\/food-bullshit-and-other-complications-paperback","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}