{"product_id":"making-it-ellen-t-meiser-9781978840133","title":"Making It: Success in the Commercial Kitchen","description":"The restaurant industry is one of the few places in America where workers from lower-class backgrounds can rise to positions of power and prestige. Yet with over four million cooks and food-preparation workers employed in America's restaurants, not everyone makes it to the high-status position of chef. What factors determine who rises the ranks in this fiercely competitive pressure-cooker environment? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaking It \u003c\/i\u003eexplores how the career path of restaurant workers depends on their accumulation of \u003ci\u003ekitchen capital\u003c\/i\u003e, a cultural asset based not only on their ability to cook but also on how well they can fit into the workplace culture and negotiate its hierarchical structures. After spending 120 hours working in a restaurant kitchen and interviewing fifty chefs and cooks from fine-dining establishments and greasy-spoon diners across the country, sociologist Ellen Meiser discovers many strategies for accumulating kitchen capital. For some, it involves education and the performance of expertise; others climb the ranks by controlling their own emotions or exerting control over coworkers. \u003ci\u003eMaking It \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a close and personal look at how knowledge, power, and interpersonal skills come together to determine who succeeds and who fails in the high-pressure world of the restaurant kitchen. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ellen T. Meiser\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1978840136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781978840133\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/11\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Ellen T. Meiser","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46618203980031,"sku":"9781978840133","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_db70ff9b-6dca-4e78-aef9-8e34b9c70dc1.jpg?v=1740069451","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/making-it-ellen-t-meiser-9781978840133","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}