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Eat, Drink and Be WaryAuthority Reveals the Ins and Outs of Fine DiningReviewed by Madelyn Miller, the TravelLady
When you start to question these assumptions, life gets a little scary. I was recently in a car wreck, My car was totaled when I was stopped at a stop light. A young man came from another lane and crashed into me. I never expected it. But now I am sentenced to weeks of physical therapy. What could I have done differently? I have a lot more time to read now. So I picked up EAT, DRINK AND BE WARY, only to be reminded of other dangers in everyday life. The waiter spit in your food. No way that last cup of java was decaf. Your steak took a dramatic roll on the kitchen floor, but according to the staff, the three-second rule applies. When it comes to dining out, our worst fears are realities and much more. In FINE DINING MADNESS: The Rules and Realities of Fine Dining, restaurant journeyman John Galloway takes diners to school and shows how to avoid such service malice and get the most from every fine dining experience.
True to life, FINE DINING MADNESS offers dining insights far beyond your local restaurant guide. It sheds a wealth of knowledge on the art of fine dining as Galloway notes every epicurean detail and gaff, from navigating the menu and not sniffing corks to ordering coffee and the proper way to handle the check. These invaluable insights teach the diner how to befriend the staff and, subsequently, be the focus of their best efforts. Galloway’s book is a must read for anyone who dines out, aspires to a better life, or ever wanted to know what was happening behind those swinging doors. This is the veritable restaurant bible with the rules you can’t afford not to know, lest you don’t mind that three-second floorsteak. WCBS in New York calls FINE DINING MADNESS, “the
most outrageous, opinionated, laugh-out-loud book ever written about what goes
on behind the service
Galloway currently lives in Las Vegas where he spent over six years researching and writing FINE DINING MADNESS. After spending two decades in the restaurant business, Galloway attended commercial flight training school and is now a Certified Flight Instructor and Commercial Seaplane Pilot with Multi-Engine Instructor, Instrument Instructor, and Glider ratings. His next book is Whiskey Tango (wasted time). An inventory of lessons for all to learn by without living through, Whiskey Tango, like FINE DINING MADNESS, promises to challenge your perspectives. Another book for Foodies |
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We all make certain assumptions about basic rules of life.
When driving, people will keep their cars on the right side of the street, in
the right lane. When dining, we assume the food is as described and fresh.
FINE DINING MADNESS gives all restaurant patrons the
steadfast rules. With priceless humor and shocking revelations, Galloway
recounts his restaurant war stories and people therein. From mega-stars, call
girls, mob bosses and crazed chefs, to all forms of addiction, wine insights,
imperative tipping protocol and other vital insider information, readers learn
how to get the maximum value from their restaurant dollar. He even spills the
news on a thousand reasons why not to own a restaurant. All the while, Galloway
plots his own departure from the brutal grasp of restaurant toil. His dream is
to fly, but first he must survive his time as a fine dining penguin. 
scenes in restaurants.”