Yes, Chef A Memoir

Marcus Samuelsson, Veronica Chambers

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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Published
Random House Publishing Group
Language
English
Main Authors
Marcus Samuelsson, Veronica Chambers
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OverDrive Resource Page
Format
Kindle Book, OverDrive Read eBook
Kindle Book
ASINB005SHQGBM
Release Date6/26/2012
OverDrive Read eBook
ISBN9780440338819
Release Date6/26/2012