“Something that stands out right away is Amanda’s utter honesty about home cooking. She opens the introduction painting a sensory scene of what a typical night is like at Empire Diner. There are clanging plates and trays, shouts of line cooks coordinating the timing of dishes, heat from the arsenal of burners and the aches of joints from years of twelve- to fifteen-hour days that bleed into nights and sometimes right back into mornings. Amanda is in her element in this scene. Like so many professional chefs, she thrives under the pressure of the kitchen.”

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