A review by cinnachick
The Art of Living According to Joe Beef: A Cookbook of Sorts by Frederic Morin, David McMillan, Meredith Erickson

3.0

This book is gorgeous and it provides a great insight to the folks behind the restaurant. If I were headed to Montreal, had been to this restaurant, or was friends with the staff, I think I would have rated it higher. But as a cookbook, while the photographs are delicious, the instructions are clear, and the dishes sound amazing, I'm just not going to cook much of anything in this book, sadly. Which makes it great food porn, but not a great cookbook for me. I'm not squeamish, cooking meat is something I do frequently and feel like I do well, but the dishes sound like things I'd be happier to eat than to make. So when I go to Montreal and eat here, I'll likely refer to the travel suggestions in the back and may come back and change my mind about whether I would cook these dishes myself.