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"God, this book is so perfectly paced. So much happens while still weaving so much history and care into the characters.
It’s so tough rereading this after 10 years and still waiting on Winds." — Nov 15, 2025 05:11PM
"God, this book is so perfectly paced. So much happens while still weaving so much history and care into the characters.
It’s so tough rereading this after 10 years and still waiting on Winds." — Nov 15, 2025 05:11PM
“Knowing what I know now…it would be harder. But I would hope…I would pray, Royse, that the gods would still lend me such foolishness in my need.” “What is this astonishing foolishness, that shines brighter than all my father’s gold? Can
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“There are the usual terms of endearment, all perfectly acceptable in casual conversation between cooks: motherfucker (a compliment), cocksucker, sunofbeech, dipshit, scumbag, scumsucker, dumb-fuck, rat-bastard, slackjaw, idiota, bruto, animale, asesino, mentiroso, whining little bed-wetter, turd, tortuga, strunze, salaud, salopard, chocha, podrida, pendejo, silly cunt, seso de pollo, spazz, goofball, bucket-head, chucho, papi-chulo, sweet-cheeks, cupcakes, love-chunks, culero, shit-stain, cum-gargler, and so on.”
― Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
― Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
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