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In 2004, Momofuku Noodle Bar opened in Manhattan's East Village. Its young chef-owner, David Chang, served ramen and pork buns to a mix of fellow restaurant cooks and confused diners whose idea of ramen was instant noodles in Styrofoam cups. It would have been impossible to know that he would become one of the most influential chefs of his generation. Full of grace, candour, grit and humour, Eat a Peach chronicles Chang's journey, laying bare his mistakes and feelings of otherness and inadequacy.

The inspiring and deeply personal memoir from highly acclaimed chef Dominique Crenn By the time Dominique Crenn decided to become a chef, at the age of twenty-one, she knew it was a near impossible dream in France where almost all restaurant kitchens were run by men. So, she left her home and...

Der Autor, selbst ein Millennial, hat einige der erfolgreichsten Vertreter seiner Generation aus verschiedensten Bereichen getroffen und interviewt. Jonathan Sierck hat all diese Durchstarter getroffen und ihre Geschichte, Mentoren und Vorbilder, Schlüsselmomente, Überzeugungen und Tipps zusammengetragen. Herausgekommen ist ein kurzweiliges Buch mit vielen O-Tönen, das nicht nur eine spannende Generation beschreibt, sondern eine konkrete Anleitung ist, wie Erfolg und Karriere heutzutage gehen.

The spatter of sauce in a pan, a cook's subtle deviation from a recipe, the careful labour of cooking for loved ones: these are not often the subjects of critical enquiry. Cooking, we are told, has nothing to do with serious thought; the path to freedom and fulfilment, especially for women, leads directly out of the kitchen. In this invigorating, revelatory book, Rebecca May Johnson rewrites the kitchen as a space of infinite variety and infinite potential.

“Arbitrary Stupid Goal is a completely riveting world—when I looked up from its pages regular life seemed boring and safe and modern like one big iPhone. This book captures not just a lost New York but a whole lost way of life.” —Miranda July In Arbitrary Stupid Goal, Tamara Shopsin...

Sasha Martin set herself a rather ambitious goal: to cook - and eat - her way around the world, with 196 recipes from196 countries in 196 weeks. Enter Global Table Adventure, a project that proves to be more than just a culinary challenge as Sasha attempts to navigate the vicissitudes of marriage, motherhood, and life's failures and successes, all inextricably linked to her troubled past.

“A delicious and mouthwatering book about food and family, the complicated love for both, and how that shapes us into who we are . . . I absolutely loved it!” —Valerie Bertinelli From the bestselling author and host of the wildly popular Undisclosed podcast, a warm, intimate memoir about...

The complete history of the legendary Venice landmark where Hemingway, Welles, and others were regulars. A meeting place for writers, artists, models, and the stars of stage, screen, and corporate boardrooms, a luxurious restaurant whose fabulous concoctions and timeless decor have often been imitated but never matched, Harry’s Bar in Venice has remained one of the world’s most renowned watering holes for more than 60 years.

In a tale replete with scandal and opulence, Luke Barr, author of the New York Times bestselling Provence, 1970, transports readers to turn-of-the-century London and Paris to discover how celebrated hotelier César Ritz and famed chef Auguste Escoffier joined forces at the Savoy Hotel to spawn...

She Who Tastes, Knows is an expansive history of Durkhanai's homeland and a vivid, moving story about what it truly means to understand another's culture. Through stories of food, family, belonging and migration, the book traverses cultural boundaries, weaving a tapestry of dignity, empathy and understanding.

From wartime nutrition science to modern food activism, Six Women Who Shaped What Americans Eat examines the pivotal roles six women played in rewriting the rules of American cuisine. Michelle Mart offers a rich and accessible narrative that connects dietary trends, food marketing, and public health movements to the voices of the women who helped drive them.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Provence, 1970, a lively, dramatic account of the rise of French “nouvelle cuisine,” and the renegade chefs of the 1960s and 70s who revolutionized modern cooking. In The Secret History of French Cooking, Luke Barr takes readers inside the...

In this entertaining, informative, and thoroughly unconventional wine guide, award-winning sommelier, winemaker, and wine educator André Hueston Mack presents listeners with the 99 bottles that have most impacted his life. Instead of just pairing wines with foods, Mack pairs practical information with personal stories, offering up recommendations alongside reflections on being one of the only African Americans to ever work at the top level of the American wine industry.

Née au Bénin, Georgiana grandit entourée de femmes passionnées qui l'initient aux plats traditionnels. Malgré un drame étouffé lors de son adolescence, elle se reconstruit, nourrit des rêves d'avenir et s'envole pour Paris. Là-bas, elle affronte précarité, sexisme et racisme ordinaires. Son arrivée à Marseille marque le début de son éveil à la cuisine, des premiers concours à son ascension spectaculaire vers l'étoile Michelin.

SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, MARCH 2026 'I devoured it.' - NIGELLA LAWSON 'Few people have aged so gracefully and enterprisingly as Prue. How she's done it is a revelation, full of humour and practical advice.' - DELIA SMITH 'Oh my days, this book is an absolute JOY! It is like sitting down with...

‘In another life I may have been a gardener’ Well-known and loved as a cookery writer and presenter, this is Mary Berry’s deeply personal account of the second great love of her life, gardening. She shares her love of growing plants, visiting gardens, and getting hands-on in her own plot...

Rien ne prédestinait Guillaume Gomez, gosse du 93 et fils de brocanteurs, à entrer dans les cuisines de l’Élysée à 18 ans et à se retrouver orphelin à 22. Il est devenu, à 25 ans, le plus jeune lauréat de sa catégorie à remporter le concours Un des Meilleurs Ouvriers de France, puis à servir quatre présidents de la République dont il sera le chef attitré. Après avoir officié auprès de Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy, François Hollande et Emmanuel Macron, il devient en 2021 le premier ambassadeur de la gastronomie française de notre histoire.

Depuis ses jeunes années, Paul Bocuse aura été fidèle à son adage. C’est dans le village de Collonges-au- Mont-d’or que grandit Paulo en enfant sauvage, unique héritier d’une dynastie d’aubergistes. Formé auprès de la mythique Eugénie Brazier et du géant Fernand Point, chef triplement étoilé jusqu’à sa mort en 2018, pape de la « Nouvelle Cuisine » et bête médiatique, Paul Bocuse traverse la vie au pas de course. Mais plus que le destin d’un homme, c’est le xxe siècle qui se raconte depuis ses cuisines.

食文化の専門出版社「旭屋出版」のオーディオプロジェクト第1弾。日本料理に関わる用語や食材を中心に、１８５２語を収録。

テレビでも話題の「パステルなめらかプリン」の生みの親が30年間一つの道をひたむきに歩み続けてたどり着いた「仕事と人生で、本当に大切なこと」