{"product_id":"out-of-line-book-barbara-lynch-9781476795447","title":"Out of Line","description":"\u003cb\u003eNamed one of \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e's 100 Most Influential People in the World\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf you have an appetite for culinary adventure, you'll devour the feisty and fun memoir by James Beard award-winning chef and philanthropist Barbara Lynch. --\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlood, Bones, \u0026amp; Butter \u003c\/i\u003emeets\u003ci\u003e A Devil in the Kitchen\u003c\/i\u003e in this funny, fierce, and poignant memoir by world-renowned chef, restaurateur, and\u003ci\u003e Top Chef\u003c\/i\u003e judge Barbara Lynch, recounting her rise from a hard-knocks South Boston childhood to culinary stardom. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCelebrated chef Barbara Lynch credits the defiant spirit of her upbringing in tough, poor Southie, a neighborhood ruled by the notorious Whitey Bulger gang, with helping her bluff her way into her first professional cooking jobs; develop a distinct culinary style through instinct and sheer moxie; then dare to found an empire of restaurants ranging from a casual but elegant clam shack to Boston's epitome of modern haute cuisine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of seven children born to an overworked single mother, Lynch was raised in a housing project. She earned a daredevil reputation for boosting vehicles (even a city bus), petty theft, drinking and doing drugs, and narrowly escaping arrest--haunted all the while by a painful buried trauma. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOut of Line\u003c\/i\u003e describes Lynch's remarkable process of self-invention, including her encounters with colorful characters of the food world, and vividly evokes the magic of creation in the kitchen. It is also a love letter to South Boston and its vanishing culture, governed by Irish Catholic mothers and its own code of honor. Through her story, Lynch explores how the past--both what we strive to escape from and what we remain true to--can strengthen and expand who we are.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49614140342545,"sku":"GOR009120873","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50302797742353,"sku":"CIN1476795444G","price":4.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52420975362321,"sku":"CIN1476795444VG","price":4.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1476795444.jpg?v=1751241963","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/out-of-line-book-barbara-lynch-9781476795447","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}