{"product_id":"food-bullshit-and-other-complications-alex-fenot-9798993109572","title":"Food, Bullshit, and... Other Complications","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alex Fenot\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798993109572\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Foodnbullshit\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/12\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.46d","brand":"Alex Fenot","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49001259729151,"sku":"9798993109572","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/food-bullshit-and-other-complications-alex-fenot-9798993109572","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}