Yes, Chef A Memoir
eBook - 2012
JAMES BEARD AWARD NOMINEE • NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY VOGUE • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“One of the great culinary stories of our time.”—Dwight Garner, The New York Times It begins with a simple ritual: Every Saturday afternoon, a boy who loves to cook walks to his grandmother’s house and helps her prepare a roast chicken for dinner. The grandmother is Swedish, a retired domestic. The boy is Ethiopian and adopted, and he will grow up to become the world-renowned chef Marcus Samuelsson. This book is his love letter to food and family in all its manifestations. Yes, Chef chronicles Samuelsson’s journey, from his grandmother’s kitchen to his arrival in New York City, where his outsize talent and ambition fin...ally come together at Aquavit, earning him a New York Times three-star rating at the age of twenty-four. But Samuelsson’s career...
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Random House Publishing Group
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- English
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- OverDrive Resource Page
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- Kindle Book, OverDrive Read eBook
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ASIN | B005SHQGBM |
Release Date | 6/26/2012 |
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ISBN | 9780440338819 |
Release Date | 6/26/2012 |