I’ve gotten hooked on Kitchen Nightmares streaming on Netflix. I love the drama, the high stakes, the storytelling, and the effect it has on my own cooking (taking me from “whatever” to “that might be good”). One evening as I was cooking dinner and watching Chef Gordon Ramsay close yet another restaurant for unsanitary conditions, I heard echoes of a story structure I learned long, long ago: sin, suffer, and repent. “Sin, suffer, and repent” was the structure of the “true confessions” stories … [Read more...]