So you just read the hot new kitchen memoir Blood, Bones and Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton? Try reading these two new books as well:

Scars of a Chef, by Rick Tramonto. This memoir traces the life of Chef Rick Tramonto , famous for restaurants and cookbooks, who began as a cook at a Wendy’s fast food restaurant and clawed his way up to the top, in spite of multiple obstacles.

Season to Taste: How I Lost My Sense of Smell and Found My Way, by Molly Birnbaum. A memoir of an aspiring chef who had to leave culinary school because of a severe car accident that left her without a sense of smell. The book follows her journey of learning to smell again and falling back in love with food.