An expose of women chefs with the irreverent tone of Kitchen Confidential by an established food journalist.; Food and women is a hot-button issue; This book features every notable or celebrity chef who is a woman; The genre of literary food writing is expanding, but there's not book quite like this: a confessional approach to the issue of women in the kitchen.; Charlotte Druckman is a rising star in the food-writing world.

Charlotte Druckman is a journalist, author and co-founder of the annual Tournament of Cookbooks with Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs. She covers food for The Wall Street Journal and has written a regular column for The New York Times Style Magazine. She frequently contributes to many other publications.