Book Review: Life, on the Line is choppy but intense

When you sit down to write about yourself, it’s difficult to step away and figure just how much the reader needs to know to follow your story.

And in the compelling Life, on the Line: A Chef’s Story of Chasing Greatness, Facing Death and Redefining the Way We Eat, chef Grant Achatz and business partner Nick Kokonas struggle with that very issue. The result is a book that swings wildly from poignant looks inside one of the country’s most influential restaurants, Alinea, to a superfluous assessment of a golf game.