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Stephanie Danler insists her debut novel, Sweetbitter, isn't autobiographical. But it still nails some of the less-than-savory realities of life as a server at a top New York City restaurant, from the wine snobbery to the palpitation-inducing kitchen drama. In today's podcast episode, Danler talks to editor-at-large Christine Muhlke about how her years working at Union Square Cafe and Buvette informed her writing, and the one restaurant in New York she always goes to by herself.
Read an excerpt from Sweetbitter: The Unglamorous Reality of Working in a Top Restaurant