Sasha: I’m just starting to re-read it now! I do remember that section being fascinating… Stuffed onions? Do tell.

I read The Apprentice several years ago, and it was very enjoyable. I thought the period in his life where he developed the food for Howard Johnsons was particularly interesting since the underlying principle of centralized food production, canning and freezing, and shipping out is what has made so much of America’s food so bad. Yet it was done with seemingly good intentions to improve the cuisine. One of my favorite recipes for stuffed onions is one that I learned from his show with his daughter, Cooking with Claudine, that was on PBS sometime in the 90s.