Every book Nick Kokonas recommended on podcasts

Books recommended by Nick Kokonas

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   Gateway to the Social Contract

   Thomas Hobbes; Jean-Jacques Rousseau; John Locke · Discussed · 1 episode

   Discussed

   “and we've lost that and it's it's something that we yeah i mean this is hobbs right obviously a philosophy guy and you know life in his state of nature is nasty shortish and brutal right yeah british and short i mean and you know you have a social contract”

   This Week in Startups Nick Kokonas of Tock & Alinea, flipping the low-margin restaurant mode… 2021-08-10 Listen at 1:05:47

   Where to get it

   AmazonListen on Audible
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   Kitchen Confidential

   Anthony Bourdain · Discussed · 1 episode

   Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain is a candid, bestselling memoir that exposes the gritty, high-pressure underbelly of professional restaurant kitchens while romanticizing the culinary arts.

   Discussed

   “and so i started doing what i always do which is i started reading books mfk you know fisher and ruth reichel and all these kinds of great writers there was a renaissance of food writing in the early 2000s and i started reading kitchen coffee yeah michael roman all those”

   This Week in Startups Nick Kokonas of Tock & Alinea, flipping the low-margin restaurant mode… 2021-08-10 Listen at 5:41

   Where to get it

   AmazonListen on Audible

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