{"product_id":"guts-melissa-leong","title":"Guts - Melissa Leong","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGold Logie-nominated TV personality and food icon Melissa Leong bites down on her demons in this searing memoir, exploring themes of abuse in the hospitality industry, racism, mental health and, for a light palate cleanser, the thrill of mouth-wateringly memorable food. Most of all, she inspires the courage to create a life you really, really want.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom Melissa Leong (aka fooderati) - the first female judge of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMasterChef Australia\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDessert Masters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, fashion obsessive and self-confessed contrarian - comes an evocative, sharp, darkly funny and often brutal account of what it's like to try, fail and scrape together the confidence to try again. She invites you to consider your own limiting self-beliefs ... and give them the finger.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese stories take place inside kitchens and television studios, on farms and even in an abattoir. Leong shares how her dream of being a concert pianist crumbled due to chronic pain, her struggles with racism and identity as a first-generation Singaporean Chinese woman, how blowing up her life to reset her path was maybe (definitely!) worth it, and why going your own way absolutely is.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGarnished with Leong's favourite recipes, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is above all a glorious love letter to food, to choosing the unpredictable path and to believing in yourself even - and especially - when the odds are stacked against you.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNo guts, no glory. Hope you're hungry.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nice Stack Of Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44936505688264,"sku":null,"price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0595\/5567\/6360\/files\/GutsMelissaLeong.jpg?v=1770506747","url":"https:\/\/nicestackofbooks.myshopify.com\/products\/guts-melissa-leong","provider":"Nice Stack Of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}