"[A] juicy memoir about growing up, becoming a chef, and working as
New York's most unconventional wedding caterer." --BUST magazine
When their high-school-aged, punk, runaway daughter is found hosting a
Jersey Shore hotel party, Rossi's parents feel they have no other
choice: they ship her off to live with a Chasidic rabbi in Crown
Heights, Brooklyn. Within the confines of this restrictive culture,
Rossi's big city dreams take root. Once she makes her way to Manhattan,
Rossi's passion for cooking, which first began as a revolt against the
microwave, becomes her life mission.
The Raging Skillet is one woman's story of cooking her way through
some of the most unlikely kitchens in New York City--at a "beach" in
Tribeca, an East Village supper club, and a makeshift grill at Ground
Zero in the days immediately following 9/11. Forever writing her own
rules, Rossi ends up becoming the owner of one of the most sought-after
catering companies in the city. This heartfelt, gritty, and hilarious
memoir shows us how the creativity of the kitchen allows us to give a
nod to where we come from, while simultaneously expressing everything
that we are. This "moving, witty memoir" (Nigella Lawson) includes
unpretentious recipes for real people everywhere.
"A humorous and witty chronicle of a woman's
pulling-herself-up-by-her-bootstraps rise through the culinary ranks."
--Kirkus Reviews
