Culinary Man and the Kitchen Brigade

Culinary Man and the Kitchen Brigade offers an exploration of the field of normative subjectivity circulated within western fine dining traditions, presenting a theoretical analysis of the governing relationship between the chef, who embodies the Culinary Man, and the fine dining brigade.

Jordan Fallon is an instructor at Virginia Western Community College and co-founder of Ursula's Café in Roanoke, Virginia.

Introduction: Mapping Culinary Man 1. The Dishwasher: Steppingstones and Terminal Points 2. Everything in Place: The Prep Cook's Organizational Discipline 3. Line Cooks: The Phenomenology of Culinary Soldiers 4. The Chef: From Culinary Man1 to Culinary Man2 5. Challenging Hegemony? Culinary Man 3 and Vibration Cooking Conclusion: Beyond Culinary Man