Burn Marks is the tell all look back at 9 restaurants and food businesses that were crazy, funny, and all too often a daily battle. From her first Spanish restaurant in Brisbane in the 70s to her iconic Possums' Australian Food in New Farm in the 80s, the pressure never let up. Chris fed the silks, the crooks, the girls, the gambling dens in Brisbane's Fitzgerald Inquiry - which 'didn't exist'.
But they did, and Chris was in the middle of it all. And it started way out west, where cowboys duelled at sundown, and teeth were pulled in the bar...
Burn Marks - War stories from Behind the Pass
If you want to know all about the restaurant trade, this is the bible! From one huge success to another, and a few let downs in between, Chris tells it like it was. Fierce, unflinching but so often, hysterically funny. And her advice now? If you're thinking of opening a restaurant? Hell no. Don't do it.
Pre-order now so you don't miss out. It's going to be the book you pass on to your friends, your family, in fact everyone who enjoys a good story. Especially if it's true.