After reading this lively account of working at Per Se restaurant by a female waiter/captain, your experience dining out will be forever changed. A quick, enjoyable read for anyone interested in food and great restaurants, and a good customer service manual for anyone interested in running a 4 star operation.

The audio version of this book is better than reading the book! The narrator is incredible, with all the different dialects. He makes the book come alive.

Wonderful classic movie with Katharine Hepburn and Ginger Rogers. Most famous line "the calla lilies are in bloom".

Michael Paterniti writes beautifully. This is a fascinating book about an unusual trip.

This is the best cookbook for baking, ever. It explains the chemistry in layman's terms so that you really do understand the difference between baking with butter or margarine, for example. It's full of useful tips. My favorite is to drop the cookie sheets onto the table from a foot in the air, to force the air out of the just baked cookies. Makes them softer! It's comprehensive, with many variations on standard recipes.