A Time Well Spent: A Biography of Jerome Brody
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| Rating | : | 4.53 (987 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1566491738 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 236 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-10-28 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The story of that company's development, Brody's subsequent removal and later building of his own restaurant empire, including the Grand Central Oyster Bar, is an interesting one, particularly in business and financial terms. Freundlich repeats often that Brody, not Joe Baum, was the brains behind Restaurant Associates, mentioning "Baum's lifelong penchant for taking credit for all aspects of a restaurant's success whether or not he had anything to do with it." Brody's divorce from his first wife, whose father owned Wechsler Coffee Company, is glossed over, as is any personal information, so much so that his oldest daughter's death in 1972 is dispatched in a single sentence, with no cause of death provided. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.. Famous names are dropped with the weakest of associations (i.e., author Michael Ondaatje is mentioned as a family friend of Brody's second wife). From Publishers Week
Almost instantly Brody created a restaurant empire of his own.. At the pinnacle of RA's glory, on account of a divorce, Brody's in-laws, who controlled its stock, dismissed Brody from RA. An amazing story of how one man and his handpicked team took Restaurant Associates from a failing cafeteria chain to the highest levels of dining luxury setting
A wonderful surprise Kate Werley A dear friend in the restaurant business recommended this book to me, and I was a bit skeptical not being an advid reader of books devoted to restaurant themes. However, I found the book delightfully surprising.The behind the scenes story of the hardwork and hardship required by Jerome Brody to create such legendary dining establishments as The Grand Central Oyster Bar & Grill were insipiring and honest. Freundlich brilliantly wove personal antectodes through a. A Timwe Well Spent by Laurence S. Freundlich Frank j Sblendido A TIME WELL SPENT "BY LAWRENCE S. FREUNDLICH IS THE STORY OF A GENTLEMAN WHO APPEARED T O "HAVE IT ALL" ONLY TO HAVE TRE PROVERBIAL RUG PULLED OUT FROM UNDER HIM. HIS STRENGTH OF CHARACTER, THE LOVE AND LOYALTY OF HIS WIFE MARLENE, AND HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS HELPED HIM TO RISE TO UNPRECEDENTED HEIGHTS.THE PRIVATE LIFE OF JERRY BRODY WAS KEPT TO A VERY COMFORTABLE LEVEL WHILE LETTING THE BOOK CONCENTRATE ON THE MAN. THIS INDEED MADE FOR MUCH MORE PLEASURABLE REA