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David Chang’s Memoir Fails to Account for the Trauma He Caused Me

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But as an employee on the receiving end of that rage, the book fails to account for trauma he caused me. Chang writes that he doesn’t remember the specific incident, but concedes that, apart from a few details, the account is “accurate and could have been written about almost any night I was working service.”.

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Blue Hill at Stone Barns Tells a Beautiful Story. Former Employees Say It’s Too Good to Be True.

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This story contains a detailed account of a sexual assault. As Barber found fame by advocating for a culinary revolution, former cooks, servers, and managers say that conditions at his own restaurant could be brutal, rife with grinding pressure and explosions of anger.

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Feed the Rich, Save the Planet?

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Rockefeller, opened the Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture with his daughter Peggy Dulany in 2004, the nonprofit’s mission was to “ demonstrate, teach, and promote sustainable, community-based food production.” A public call to accountability hadn’t been the plan. The Stone Barns 2.0