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A Work in Progress: A Journal

by René Redzepi, Phaidon, $50

The candour in René Redzepi’s journal-writing seems rare for a celebrity once called “the greatest chef on earth”. There’s no reticence; there are no rehearsed answers, no censored words. Instead, reads as Redzepi’s way of tapping directly into the seasonal whirlpool of

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