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David Shalleck's Reviews

Reviews of David’s Work

Mediterranean Summer hardcover
Mar.13.2008
Published by San Francisco Examiner
I couldn't put down David Shalleck's account of working as the sole cook on a 125-foot schooner owned by an extravagantly wealthy Italian couple as it sailed along the...
Mediterranean Summer hardcover
Sep.01.2007
Published by Gourmet Retailer
When I first met Chef David Shalleck, he had just returned from a summer (or two) sailing around the Mediterranean and cooking on board a yacht owned by a wealthy Italian couple....
Mediterranean Summer hardcover
Aug.16.2007
Published by Chow.com
The personal chef journal is everywhere these days (thank you, Anthony Bourdain). Haven’t got your fill? Here’s a new twist: a chef on a boat. Mediterranean Summer: A Season on...
Mediterranean Summer hardcover
Apr.01.2007
Published by Kirkus
San Francisco foodie Shalleck pleasantly recreates his sweat-and-glamour season toiling as chef on a yacht cruising the Côte d’Azur.  At the time, he was an upstart young cook...
Mediterranean Summer hardcover
Jun.01.2007
Published by The New York Times
Summer reading has more to do with charmed lives, blue skies and location, location, location. Just put a chef on a yacht on the Riviera and you have a 327-page book-sized...