I had to push through this book. as someone who loves food, cooking, and of course "the bear" I thought I'd enjoy this. I feel like the beginning when you learn about the farms, ingredients, and how the dish came to be so much is ignored or glossed over. they do not compare how the small farm is different from the CAFO (concentrated animal feeding operation aka large animal farm) down the street. or what about the farmers who are treated terribly at the average gig? clearly most restaurants don't operate as the one featured and I wish that was discussed more. (although maybe this wasn't the point of the book.)

some of these issues and other more serious topics are sprinkled throughout. a sentence here or there. but more concentrated at the end around social issues of the individual workers.

learning the workers' backstories is very interesting, and possibly my favorite part, but not always told in a writing style I enjoy. I did also enjoy the portion on menu creation.

I will also not I am someone who does not eat meat and there are some graphic animal scenes. however I did find the author hypocritical in the slaughterhouse moment. 

this book clearly was not written for me. and I know others who enjoyed this. so I wont say it's terrible but it's not for me.