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PX This. (Diary of the “Maître d’ to the Stars”) – The Revised Edition

"… has got to be one of the best books on fashion ever written… [shows] what it takes to make it in a big city… so inspirational… gives me the strength and courage to follow my dreams…"
– N.K., Detroit

"You know you've arrived when you've lunched with Alaïa." - New York Times Magazine, November 2003

PX = "personne extraordinaire"

"... kept a diary in which she vented all her frustration -- and named names."
- msn.com

"...has been exposed as a poor customer in a new book by former maitre d' to the stars Abbe Diaz. Diaz, who hosted dozens of top New York restaurants, says in her memoirs PX This the Oscar-winning actress wasn't the most pleasant of customers..."
- The New York Daily News

"...is so annoyed by the success of his former Maitre D' Abbe Diaz's new tell-all book, he is forcing his employees to sign confidentiality agreements. They were also banned from discussing the [book] at work."
- The New York Post

"Abbe Diaz is a blogger and the author of the caustic restaurant expose 'PX This!'..."
- The New York Daily News

"Per Variety, Daily Show correspondents Jason Jones and Samantha Bee have inked a deal with CBS to write and star in a sitcom about a celebrity chef and the two women who run his empire.... it turns out, their queen bee Abbe Diaz has spent over a year shopping a treatment based on her own book...
- New York Magazine, Grub St.

"'Fear not those who argue, but those who dodge...'
Abbe Diaz has her own blog PX This..."
- BlackBook Magazine, GNML

"Abbe Diaz... pure unbridled crazy batshitness..."
- Gawker

For more information about PX This. (Diary of the "Maître d' to the Stars") visit
http://pxthis.com/thebook/