Toronto restaurateur has memoir slammed by NY Times

The New York Times published a pretty brutal review of Toronto restaurateur Jen Agg’s memoir.

The Canadian restaurateur Jen Agg is relentlessly digressive in her memoir — one of the truest signs of self-regard https://t.co/gpFjQlP3YA

— New York Times Books (@nytimesbooks) November 2, 2017

“Relentlessly digressive,” “sometimes unbearable,” and a “feminist diatribe” are how NYT reviewer Tamar Adler describes the book titled I Hear She’s a Real Bitch, as she simultaneously notes that “Good memoirs exhale humility. Agg is too proud of herself for that.”

The Canadian restaurateur Jen Agg is cocky, profane, pro-conflict — as only men are “allowed” to be https://t.co/bcFVVcBXkk

— New York Times Books (@nytimesbooks) November 2, 2017

The review was harsh enough that even celebrity Chef Anthony Bourdain has come to her defense, posting to Twitter that “The NYT review of her book is a shameful, dishonest badly written turdlet,” before addressing Agg directly, “…in case you need reminding, your book is great”:

And while I’m on the subject of Jen Agg aka @TheBlackHoof . The NYT review of her book is a shameful, dishonest badly written turdlet.

— Anthony Bourdain (@Bourdain) November 1, 2017

And just in case you need reminding, your book is great

— Anthony Bourdain (@Bourdain) November 1, 2017

Of course, Agg herself has had a few choice words in regards to her critics, though she claims on Twitter she hasn’t bothered to read the review herself.

But please stop telling me I’m feministing wrong because you don’t like to fuck or whatever and find swearing abrasive

— Jen Agg (@TheBlackHoof) November 3, 2017

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