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“I devoured this book like a ravenous customer and I love it wildly. It’s the most visceral food and sex writing out there – utterly delicious and utterly new.” —Lena Dunham
“A young Anthony Bourdain which we haven’t seen in female food writing before—visceral, hedonistic and gutsy.” —Dolly Alderton
"A naughty romp... combining dysfunction and adversity with humor, ingenuity, glamour, grit and humanity." —The Wall Street Journal
“Tart isAnthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential meets Lena Dunham’s Girls, steaming with sweaty double shifts (in the kitchen and bedroom), devouring the city of London with a belly-deep sense of hunger. To be inhaled in one sitting.” —Vogue
“This memoir is a biting and hilarious romp through kitchens and adulthood from the anonymous British Vogue columnist behind @sluttycheff on Instagram. It’s a raw depiction of a young woman who ditches corporate work for the high-stakes kitchens of the fine-dining world.” —USA Today
“[Tart] leaves you hungry for more. More food. More sex. More Slutty Cheff.” —Air Mail
“There is one thing [Slutty Cheff] claims to desire even more than food: sex. Tart, her memoir, is a hedonistic tale of both [that] has been lauded as a feminine take on Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential.” —The Economist
“Could there be a better summer book?... Tart was awesome, like smart, cool, edgy chick lit, and full of really delicious-sounding food. When it gets made into a TV show, I'm watching!” —Cat Marnell, New York Times Bestselling author of How to Murder Your Life
“If a 20-something, British Carrie Bradshaw narrated a London-set Kitchen Confidential, it might read something like Tart: Misadventures of an Anonymous Chef, an uproarious, unrepentantly lusty memoir.” —Shelf Awareness
About the Author
Reviews:
5.0 out of 5 stars A superb meal and parade of Desire.
Exceptional diversion. Well outside my usual reading material. Food and Sex. Sex and Food. Approached and enjoyed with great passion. Hard to believe that I read it and thoroughly enjoyed her struggles and triumphs. Not at all TART.
4.0 out of 5 stars Lusty, Bawdy, Laugh Aloud Funny, and Sad
In my youth I worked in a restaurant kitchen and as a private chef, and I can attest that Slutty's experiences in the culinary world are true to life. The adrenalin rush during service, the inability to sleep after a shift, the camaraderie of the staff, the sheer joy of creating something beautiful that makes people happy. The best passages in the memoir equated great cooking to good sex--juicy, memorable, visceral. Now the counterpoint to the joyful cooking experience in this book is the author's dependency on men and the terrible choices she makes. Her anxiety and clinical depression. But what's a good memoir without struggle? Some readers will not like this book. They won't feel comfortable with the graphic descriptions of sex and the pleasure in the female body and sexuality. Yet, any person who's lived, who's not a mannequin, will understand and appreciate the euphoria the author describes. Two flaws in the book: An abrupt conclusion; the lack of dialogue to describe the way she ends her failed relationship with men....dialogue would have provided more texture. Otherwise, a very fun read.
3.0 out of 5 stars Kitchen, sex, and relationships
An interesting and enjoyable memoir. This book about life of a young woman in London is not for everyone. Not many may relate to this young sex-obsessed, full of energy, and impulsive woman. I am an old guy who has been happily married for over 50 years, who rarely cooks, and loves fast food. So I am an unlikely person to read a story such as this and like it. I skipped a lot of cooking and ingredient details but enjoyed reading Tart, a well written, unusual, memoir.
2.0 out of 5 stars Lackluster
While I enjoyed the concept and some of the sentiment, this book was not well carried-out. It could have stood more editing to remove repetition and make the scenes more interesting - it was marketed as “steamy” but the romance and sex were not terribly compelling. The cooking scenes were interesting, that was the only saving grace.
5.0 out of 5 stars Could not put it down! Saucy debaunchery and hilarious!
Absolutely loved it and finished it in one sitting!I've recommended it already to a couple of chef friends and they've also ordered the book!
4.0 out of 5 stars The Food Business From the Back of the House
As a restaurant owner I like reading books of what the life of a chef are like. This is an interesting story as it is a lady changing professions to "chef". And she quickly gets in to a kitchen that gives great experience and growth but unfortunately some of the issues women face in a male kitchen environment. From here she goes to a laid back venue near the ocean in the off season where again she learns, but just not quite enough action. Her third job gets her back in the city and now is a more seasoned playing a bigger role. And her lusty life grows at the same time. Unique boyfriends come and go and life goes on. A nice little story on a different subject.
5.0 out of 5 stars Imperfect Perfection
Tart: Misadventures of an Anonymous Chef is an unconventional romance in that the real romance is Cheff’s love of cooking and the adrenaline it brings; being beholden to the dominatrix that is the Ticket Monster; being so in the weeds no amount of knives in your wrap will sever the grip they have on you. This is a romance that is not for the faint of heart. It’s a romance most of us enjoy watching and gossiping about with our friends, but never truly understanding. It’s the romance, no obsession, of the kitchen and being a chef.Not since Anthony Bourdain burst onto the scene have we be given an all-access backstage pass into both the underbelly and elitism of kitchen society. Tart builds on his foundations and gives us a voyeuristic peek behind the curtain of what it’s like to work in a kitchen from a woman’s perspective. Cheff allows herself to be vulnerable in a way that so few of us are able to do or want to do. She is unabashedly truthful about her warty, imperfect life.Cheff’s work, dating, and life stories are relatable. Every place of employment has a hierarchy; a p*rvy coworker, a slacker, etc., we’ve all dated or liked the wrong person and we’ve all made questionable decisions at one time or another. My point is, even if you don’t like this book as much as I did, you’ll be able to relate to something in it and probably have a laugh while you’re at it.Tart and Slutty Cheff is not going to be for everyone. Don’t read this if you’re uptight about women talking about and having s*x. Who will enjoy this book? Anyone who wants to know more about the inner workings of the restaurant industry, specifically the kitchen, from a young woman chef who has a sense of humor and is not afraid to make herself look bad on occasion. Tart would also be great choice for book clubs. Additionally, it’s a nice gateway book into non-fiction as it reads like a romcom on steroids.Thank you to publisher, Marysue Rucci Books and Simon Element for providing the digital ARC of Tart: Misadventures of an Anonymous Chef via NetGalley. I voluntarily read and reviewed this book.
3.0 out of 5 stars Inside take on working in a restaurant
Good book if you want to hear about working in a restaurant kitchen. Ok, but I can’t say that I’d recommend it. It was all over the place.
“… is taste, touch, smell, sight and joy.”
The author describes cooking and food, and sex, as being “… taste, touch, smell, sight and joy,” and concludes that if they exist, she can never be too unhappy. If you can relate to that statement, then this book is for you. Memoirs tend to work better when they strike you as truthful and honest, without sugar coating or embellishment, and deliver a story about much more than episodes in the narrator’s life. This one does that. If generationally you are closer to Anthony Bourdain that to this twenty-something author, that would not, or should not, be a deterrent, your self-indulgences might have evolved, but the appreciation of food, sex, and good writing is probably ageless.
Honest and brilliant
A compelling entertaining manic memoir.Honest and brilliant. It is an unflinching descriptive saga of kitchen life in London,s restaurants. It is great.
Paz interior en cocinas caóticas
Una lectura entretenida sobre la vida de una persona buscando la calma interior en el caos de varias cocinas
Life of a young racy chef.
If you liked Fifty Shades of Grey, you will like this racy novel.
Fast, funny, sharp, honest and real
Honest, moving, inspiring and very, very funny. Slutty captures the intensity of professional kitchens, the quirky, damaged people it attracts and the real friendships it forges. Set in a young, vivid, after-hours London that few people see, it’s a celebration of sex, cooking, learning, and living life on your own terms. A fun, fast, furious, fantastic read.
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Description:
Editorial Reviews
Review
“I devoured this book like a ravenous customer and I love it wildly. It’s the most visceral food and sex writing out there – utterly delicious and utterly new.” —Lena Dunham
“A young Anthony Bourdain which we haven’t seen in female food writing before—visceral, hedonistic and gutsy.” —Dolly Alderton
"A naughty romp... combining dysfunction and adversity with humor, ingenuity, glamour, grit and humanity." —The Wall Street Journal
“Tart isAnthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential meets Lena Dunham’s Girls, steaming with sweaty double shifts (in the kitchen and bedroom), devouring the city of London with a belly-deep sense of hunger. To be inhaled in one sitting.” —Vogue
“This memoir is a biting and hilarious romp through kitchens and adulthood from the anonymous British Vogue columnist behind @sluttycheff on Instagram. It’s a raw depiction of a young woman who ditches corporate work for the high-stakes kitchens of the fine-dining world.” —USA Today
“[Tart] leaves you hungry for more. More food. More sex. More Slutty Cheff.” —Air Mail
“There is one thing [Slutty Cheff] claims to desire even more than food: sex. Tart, her memoir, is a hedonistic tale of both [that] has been lauded as a feminine take on Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential.” —The Economist
“Could there be a better summer book?... Tart was awesome, like smart, cool, edgy chick lit, and full of really delicious-sounding food. When it gets made into a TV show, I'm watching!” —Cat Marnell, New York Times Bestselling author of How to Murder Your Life
“If a 20-something, British Carrie Bradshaw narrated a London-set Kitchen Confidential, it might read something like Tart: Misadventures of an Anonymous Chef, an uproarious, unrepentantly lusty memoir.” —Shelf Awareness
About the Author
Reviews:
5.0 out of 5 stars A superb meal and parade of Desire.
Exceptional diversion. Well outside my usual reading material. Food and Sex. Sex and Food. Approached and enjoyed with great passion. Hard to believe that I read it and thoroughly enjoyed her struggles and triumphs. Not at all TART.
4.0 out of 5 stars Lusty, Bawdy, Laugh Aloud Funny, and Sad
In my youth I worked in a restaurant kitchen and as a private chef, and I can attest that Slutty's experiences in the culinary world are true to life. The adrenalin rush during service, the inability to sleep after a shift, the camaraderie of the staff, the sheer joy of creating something beautiful that makes people happy. The best passages in the memoir equated great cooking to good sex--juicy, memorable, visceral. Now the counterpoint to the joyful cooking experience in this book is the author's dependency on men and the terrible choices she makes. Her anxiety and clinical depression. But what's a good memoir without struggle? Some readers will not like this book. They won't feel comfortable with the graphic descriptions of sex and the pleasure in the female body and sexuality. Yet, any person who's lived, who's not a mannequin, will understand and appreciate the euphoria the author describes. Two flaws in the book: An abrupt conclusion; the lack of dialogue to describe the way she ends her failed relationship with men....dialogue would have provided more texture. Otherwise, a very fun read.
3.0 out of 5 stars Kitchen, sex, and relationships
An interesting and enjoyable memoir. This book about life of a young woman in London is not for everyone. Not many may relate to this young sex-obsessed, full of energy, and impulsive woman. I am an old guy who has been happily married for over 50 years, who rarely cooks, and loves fast food. So I am an unlikely person to read a story such as this and like it. I skipped a lot of cooking and ingredient details but enjoyed reading Tart, a well written, unusual, memoir.
2.0 out of 5 stars Lackluster
While I enjoyed the concept and some of the sentiment, this book was not well carried-out. It could have stood more editing to remove repetition and make the scenes more interesting - it was marketed as “steamy” but the romance and sex were not terribly compelling. The cooking scenes were interesting, that was the only saving grace.
5.0 out of 5 stars Could not put it down! Saucy debaunchery and hilarious!
Absolutely loved it and finished it in one sitting!I've recommended it already to a couple of chef friends and they've also ordered the book!
4.0 out of 5 stars The Food Business From the Back of the House
As a restaurant owner I like reading books of what the life of a chef are like. This is an interesting story as it is a lady changing professions to "chef". And she quickly gets in to a kitchen that gives great experience and growth but unfortunately some of the issues women face in a male kitchen environment. From here she goes to a laid back venue near the ocean in the off season where again she learns, but just not quite enough action. Her third job gets her back in the city and now is a more seasoned playing a bigger role. And her lusty life grows at the same time. Unique boyfriends come and go and life goes on. A nice little story on a different subject.
5.0 out of 5 stars Imperfect Perfection
Tart: Misadventures of an Anonymous Chef is an unconventional romance in that the real romance is Cheff’s love of cooking and the adrenaline it brings; being beholden to the dominatrix that is the Ticket Monster; being so in the weeds no amount of knives in your wrap will sever the grip they have on you. This is a romance that is not for the faint of heart. It’s a romance most of us enjoy watching and gossiping about with our friends, but never truly understanding. It’s the romance, no obsession, of the kitchen and being a chef.Not since Anthony Bourdain burst onto the scene have we be given an all-access backstage pass into both the underbelly and elitism of kitchen society. Tart builds on his foundations and gives us a voyeuristic peek behind the curtain of what it’s like to work in a kitchen from a woman’s perspective. Cheff allows herself to be vulnerable in a way that so few of us are able to do or want to do. She is unabashedly truthful about her warty, imperfect life.Cheff’s work, dating, and life stories are relatable. Every place of employment has a hierarchy; a p*rvy coworker, a slacker, etc., we’ve all dated or liked the wrong person and we’ve all made questionable decisions at one time or another. My point is, even if you don’t like this book as much as I did, you’ll be able to relate to something in it and probably have a laugh while you’re at it.Tart and Slutty Cheff is not going to be for everyone. Don’t read this if you’re uptight about women talking about and having s*x. Who will enjoy this book? Anyone who wants to know more about the inner workings of the restaurant industry, specifically the kitchen, from a young woman chef who has a sense of humor and is not afraid to make herself look bad on occasion. Tart would also be great choice for book clubs. Additionally, it’s a nice gateway book into non-fiction as it reads like a romcom on steroids.Thank you to publisher, Marysue Rucci Books and Simon Element for providing the digital ARC of Tart: Misadventures of an Anonymous Chef via NetGalley. I voluntarily read and reviewed this book.
3.0 out of 5 stars Inside take on working in a restaurant
Good book if you want to hear about working in a restaurant kitchen. Ok, but I can’t say that I’d recommend it. It was all over the place.
“… is taste, touch, smell, sight and joy.”
The author describes cooking and food, and sex, as being “… taste, touch, smell, sight and joy,” and concludes that if they exist, she can never be too unhappy. If you can relate to that statement, then this book is for you. Memoirs tend to work better when they strike you as truthful and honest, without sugar coating or embellishment, and deliver a story about much more than episodes in the narrator’s life. This one does that. If generationally you are closer to Anthony Bourdain that to this twenty-something author, that would not, or should not, be a deterrent, your self-indulgences might have evolved, but the appreciation of food, sex, and good writing is probably ageless.
Honest and brilliant
A compelling entertaining manic memoir.Honest and brilliant. It is an unflinching descriptive saga of kitchen life in London,s restaurants. It is great.
Paz interior en cocinas caóticas
Una lectura entretenida sobre la vida de una persona buscando la calma interior en el caos de varias cocinas
Life of a young racy chef.
If you liked Fifty Shades of Grey, you will like this racy novel.
Fast, funny, sharp, honest and real
Honest, moving, inspiring and very, very funny. Slutty captures the intensity of professional kitchens, the quirky, damaged people it attracts and the real friendships it forges. Set in a young, vivid, after-hours London that few people see, it’s a celebration of sex, cooking, learning, and living life on your own terms. A fun, fast, furious, fantastic read.
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