DAgosto Andrea - The Culinary Bro-Down Cookbook

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Copyright 2017 by Josh Scherer

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Names: Scherer, Josh, author. | DAgosto, Andrea, photographer.

Title: The culinary bro-down cookbook / Josh Scherer ; photography by Andrea DAgosto.

Description: First edition. | New York : Grand Central Life & Style, [2017] | Includes index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017008851| ISBN 978-1-4555-9542-6 (hardcover) | ISBN 978-1-4555-9543-3 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Cooking, American. | LCGFT: Cookbooks.

Classification: LCC TX715 .S145323 2017 | DDC 641.5973dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017008851

ISBNs: 978-1-4555-9542-6 (hardcover); 978-1-4555-9543-3 (ebook)

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To my dad, RUSSEL,may he rest in peace. No matter how stupid my dreams were, he always encouraged me to chase them. To my brother, JON, whos always been there for me. And to ANDREA, because without her Id be gnawing on half-eaten Slim Jims in a dumpster somewhere.

A LL OUR CLOTHES SMELLED LIKE SMOKE, BURNT ANIMAL FAT,and stale beer. We couldnt have given less fucks if we tried.

Did I need 800 degrees of open flame to make scrambled eggs for breakfast? Probably not. Was the grill a gross example of overconsumption? Bet your ass it was, but it was ourgross example of overconsumption. For the first time in our lives we owned something more permanent than an Xbox, and we were going to run it into the ground.

There were ten of us dude-bros and one dog living in a four-bedroom duplex in Isla Vista, the beachside shantytown next to University of California, Santa Barbara. I think its legally considered a slum based on the disease rates, crime rates, and population density.