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Book Becoming a Chef

Download or read book Becoming a Chef written by Andrew Dornenburg and published by Van Nostrand Reinhold Company. This book was released on 1995 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "What an extraordinary book! Pain, gain, joy, pathos, and the aroma of braised short ribs. It made me want to open (God forbid!) another restaurant. I never thought anyone could capture the magic and mission of being a chef, but theyve done it!" Barbara Tropp, Chef-Owner, China Moon Cafe "An unusually comprehensive book, immensely readable, at once passionate and coherent, probing and well-informed. For anyone interested in the historic coming of age of the professional American kitchen, this is a requisite buy." Michael and Ariane Batterberry, Founding Editors and Associate Publishers of Food Arts "Finally, a book that lets chefs speak for themselves! An insightful look at the complex life of a professional chef in the 90s. Fascinating portraits of the people who have defined American cuisinewho they are and how they got to be where they are today. Anyone who is interested in becoming a chef will find this book invaluablethis is what it takes to make it." Mark Miller, Chef-Owner, Coyote Cafe and Red Sage "After reading this book, I understand that becoming an outstanding leader is not very different from becoming a chef. Both roles require passion, discipline, authenticity, and an experimental attitude. On top of that, organizing a kitchen may be as difficult as organizing any business. Not only will present and future chefs and restaurateurs want to read this book, but anyone with a taste for excellent cooking and excellent leadership will find something of interest on every page." Warren Bennis, Distinguised Professor of Business Administration at the University of Southern California and Author, On Becoming a Leader and Leaders "Becoming a Chef is a marvelous book for the interested home cook as well as the aspiring chef. Like great wines with great food, there are great dishes and a great education here." Robert Mondavi, Founder, Robert Mondavi Winery

Book P  tisserie Gluten Free

    Book Details:
  • Author : Patricia Austin
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2017-02-07
  • ISBN : 1510712968
  • Pages : 578 pages

Download or read book P tisserie Gluten Free written by Patricia Austin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you longed for foods from a French pâtisserie but couldn’t find anything gluten-free? Have you looked for French pastry cookbooks and are unsatisfied with the gluten-free selections? If so, this is the book for you! Pâ​tisserie Gluten Free has instructions on the art of French pastry so you can have your own pâtisserie at home. This cookbook makes French gluten-free delightful pastries possible. The beautiful photographs help bakers as they work through the recipes. Pâtisserie Gluten Free presents some of the most difficult treats to make without gluten: classic French pastries. The Table of Contents includes: PREFACE: A Baker’s Craft INTRODUCTION: French Pastries Made Gluten-Free Chapter One: Ingredients, Equipment, Sources Chapter Two: French Pastry Basic Recipes Chapter Three: Cookies Chapter Four: Tarts Chapter Five: Cakes Chapter Six: Meringues Chapter Seven: Cream Puff Pastries Chapter Eight: Brioche Chapter Nine: Flaky Pastries Written with careful detail and a warm and welcoming manner, Patricia Austin shares her wisdom on French baking in this wonderful cookbook that will pleasantly surprise the fiercest gluten-free skeptics.

Book Kitchen Confidential

Download or read book Kitchen Confidential written by Anthony Bourdain and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After twenty-five years of 'sex, drugs, bad behaviour and haute cuisine', chef and novelist Anthony Bourdain has decided to tell all. From his first oyster in the Gironde to his lowly position as a dishwasher in a honky-tonk fish restaurant in Provincetown; from the kitchen of the Rainbow Room atop the Rockefeller Center to drug dealers in the East Village, from Tokyo to Paris and back to New York again, Bourdain's tales of the kitchen are as passionate as they are unpredictable, as shocking as they are funny.

Book Our Lady of Perpetual Hunger

Download or read book Our Lady of Perpetual Hunger written by Lisa Donovan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named a Favorite Book for Southerners in 2020 by Garden & Gun "Donovan is such a vivid writer—smart, raunchy, vulnerable and funny— that if her vaunted caramel cakes and sugar pies are half as good as her prose, well, I'd be open to even giving that signature buttermilk whipped cream she tops her desserts with a try.”—Maureen Corrigan, NPR Noted chef and James Beard Award-winning essayist Lisa Donovan helped establish some of the South's most important kitchens, and her pastry work is at the forefront of a resurgence in traditional desserts. Yet Donovan struggled to make a living in an industry where male chefs built successful careers on the stories, recipes, and culinary heritage passed down from generations of female cooks and cooks of color. At one of her career peaks, she made the perfect dessert at a celebration for food-world goddess Diana Kennedy. When Kennedy asked why she had not heard of her, Donovan said she did not know. "I do," Kennedy said, "Stop letting men tell your story." OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HUNGER is Donovan's searing, beautiful, and searching chronicle of reclaiming her own story and the narrative of the women who came before her. Her family's matriarchs found strength and passion through food, and they inspired Donovan's accomplished career. Donovan's love language is hospitality, and she wants to welcome everyone to the table of good food and fairness. Donovan herself had been told at every juncture that she wasn't enough: she came from a struggling southern family that felt ashamed of its own mixed race heritage and whose elders diminished their women. She survived abuse and assault as a young mother. But Donovan's salvations were food, self-reliance, and the network of women in food who stood by her. In the school of the late John Egerton, OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HUNGER is an unforgettable Southern journey of class, gender, and race as told at table.

Book Fairy Tale Billionaires

Download or read book Fairy Tale Billionaires written by Ava Ryan and published by Ava Ryan Books. This book was released on 2022-05-26 with total page 625 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The entire series--three scorching hot fairy tale inspired billionaire romances in one volume! A billionaire player craves the one woman he can't have. An icy British princess... THE BILLIONAIRE'S PRINCESS Friday nights have a routine. Drinks with my brothers. Maybe a casual hookup later. Then the ice princess walks into the bar. And it’s game over for me. I can’t figure her out. She runs hot and cold. She turns me inside-out. I like to keep my one-night stands cut and dried—my ambitions outweigh my emotions every time. Until she disappears without a trace. And I discover her little secret. She’s an actual princess. I need more than one night from her. Much more. A woman like that deserves the whole fairy tale. She deserves a charming prince. Too bad I’m the one planning to earn all her happy endings… THE BILLIONAIRE'S BEAUTY They call him The Beast for good reason. Now this billionaire boss wants his beautiful--and off-limits--assistant... Griffin: They call me The Beast. Some people think I’m a bully. I’m not here to make friends. I ruthlessly clawed my way to the top of the real estate market in NYC. No friends needed. She’s my feisty executive assistant. My right hand… woman. We have an unspoken arrangement: she pretends I’m smarter than she is while I pretend not to notice how sexy she is. That was before she gave me her notice while wearing that dress. I can do a lot. Run my family empire. Ignore the loneliness the top brings. Punch anyone who looks twice at her. But letting her go without a fight? Over my dead body… THE BILLIONAIRE'S CINDERELLA She's just a girl next door and a pastry chef. Why would a sexy billionaire ever want more than one steamy night with her? Ryker: Marriage and relationships aren’t for me. I have no desire to revisit my failures. Now I work hard and play hard--period. Until suddenly there she is. Sexy. Unexpected. Sweet. Unforgettable. One unprecedented night with her only whets my appetite for more. She’s been burned before, which makes her suspicious of me. Doesn’t think she’s good enough, that I’d prefer someone more… society. If only she knew how uninterested I am in other women since I first laid eyes on her. And I hope she never knows the things I think about when I look at her now. Fairy tales endings are meant for children’s books. I know that. But I write my own stories...

Book Handle with Care

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jodi Picoult
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2022-02-22
  • ISBN : 1982186399
  • Pages : 640 pages

Download or read book Handle with Care written by Jodi Picoult and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Every expectant parent insists the same thing: they simply want a healthy baby. Charlotte and Sean O'Keefe wanted the same but instead, their lives are made up of sleepless nights, mounting bills, pity from other parents, and haunting what-ifs. Yet, in other ways, their daughter Willow is a perfect child. Smart as a whip, beautiful, brave, and kind, Willow is Willow, in sickness and in health. Everything changes, though, after a series of events forces Charlotte and Sean to confront the most serious what-ifs of all. What if Charlotte had known earlier of Willow's illness? What if things could have been different? What if their beloved Willow had never been born? To do Willow justice, Charlotte must ask herself these questions and one more: what constitutes a valuable life?"--from amazon.com

Book Bar Tartine

    Book Details:
  • Author : Nicolaus Balla
  • Publisher : Chronicle Books
  • Release : 2014-11-25
  • ISBN : 1452132356
  • Pages : 373 pages

Download or read book Bar Tartine written by Nicolaus Balla and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2014-11-25 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here's a cookbook destined to be talked-about this season, rich in techniques and recipes epitomizing the way we cook and eat now. Bar Tartine—co-founded by Tartine Bakery's Chad Robertson and Elisabeth Prueitt—is obsessed over by locals and visitors, critics and chefs. It is a restaurant that defies categorization, but not description: Everything is made in-house and layered into extraordinarily flavorful food. Helmed by Nick Balla and Cortney Burns, it draws on time-honored processes (such as fermentation, curing, pickling), and a core that runs through the cuisines of Central Europe, Japan, and Scandinavia to deliver a range of dishes from soups to salads, to shared plates and sweets. With more than 150 photographs, this highly anticipated cookbook is a true original.

Book I ll Win You Over  Sempai  4

Download or read book I ll Win You Over Sempai 4 written by Shin Shinmoto and published by Kodansha Comics. This book was released on 2020-05-19 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They spent some time together in the storage room just prior to summer vacation. Then, Koharu received a kiss from her beloved Kanzaki-sempai. He told her, “the next time we meet, I’ll tell you how I feel.” But Koharu was left waiting alone during the fireworks festival. Her imagination went rampant and she couldn't stop! When she thought sempai finally came, it was actually...someone else --- shocking!! But what about sempai’s feelings?! This volume will make your heart throb so hard it’s going to hurt! Here is “Win You Over” volume 4!

Book La Technique

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jacques Pepin
  • Publisher : Random House Value Pub
  • Release : 1986-04-01
  • ISBN : 9780517324196
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book La Technique written by Jacques Pepin and published by Random House Value Pub. This book was released on 1986-04-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Catalogues nearly two hundred of the most useful culinary techniques, providing detailed, step-by-step descriptions and illustrations of basic skills and procedures in kitchen and dining room

Book L A  Son

Download or read book L A Son written by Roy Choi and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A memoir and cookbook from the creator of the gourmet Korean-Mexican taco truck Kogi and the star of Netflix’s The Chef Show. “Roy Choi sits at the crossroads of just about every important issue involving food in the twenty-first century. As he goes, many will follow.” —Anthony Bourdain Los Angeles: A patchwork megalopolis defined by its unlikely cultural collisions; the city that raised and shaped Roy Choi, the boundary-breaking chef who decided to leave behind fine dining to feed the city he loved—and, with the creation of the Korean taco, reinvented street food along the way. Abounding with both the food and the stories that gave rise to Choi’s inspired cooking, L.A. Son takes us through the neighborhoods and streets most tourists never see, from the hidden casinos where gamblers slurp fragrant bowls of pho to Downtown’s Jewelry District, where a ten-year-old Choi wolfed down Jewish deli classics between diamond deliveries; from the kitchen of his parents’ Korean restaurant and his mother’s pungent kimchi to the boulevards of East L.A. and the best taquerias in the country, to, at last, the curbside view from one of his emblematic Kogi taco trucks, where people from all walks of life line up for a revolutionary meal. Filled with over eighty-five inspired recipes that meld the overlapping traditions and flavors of L.A.—including Korean fried chicken, tempura potato pancakes, homemade chorizo, and Kimchi and Pork Belly Stuffed Pupusas—L.A. Son embodies the sense of invention, resourcefulness, and hybrid attitude of the city from which it takes its name, as it tells the transporting, unlikely story of how a Korean American kid went from lowriding in the streets of L.A. to becoming an acclaimed chef.

Book The Pairing

    Book Details:
  • Author : Casey McQuiston
  • Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
  • Release : 2024-08-06
  • ISBN : 1250864054
  • Pages : 327 pages

Download or read book The Pairing written by Casey McQuiston and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2024-08-06 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In #1 New York Times bestselling author Casey McQuiston's latest romantic comedy, two bisexual exes accidentally book the same European food and wine tour and challenge each other to a hookup competition to prove they're over each other—except they're definitely not. Theo and Kit have been a lot of things: childhood best friends, crushes, in love, and now estranged exes. After a brutal breakup on the transatlantic flight to their dream European food and wine tour, they exited each other's lives once and for all. Time apart has done them good. Theo has found confidence as a hustling bartender by night and aspiring sommelier by day, with a long roster of casual lovers. Kit, who never returned to America, graduated as the reigning sex god of his pastry school class and now bakes at one of the finest restaurants in Paris. Sure, nothing really compares to what they had, and life stretches out long and lonely ahead of them, but—yeah. It's in the past. All that remains is the unused voucher for the European tour that never happened, good for 48 months after its original date and about to expire. Four years later, it seems like a great idea to finally take the trip. Solo. Separately. It's not until they board the tour bus that they discover they've both accidentally had the exact same idea, and now they're trapped with each other for three weeks of stunning views, luscious flavors, and the most romantic cities of France, Spain, and Italy. It's fine. There's nothing left between them. So much nothing that, when Theo suggests a friendly wager to see who can sleep with their hot Italian tour guide first, Kit is totally game. And why stop there? Why not a full-on European hookup competition? But sometimes a taste of everything only makes you crave what you can't have.

Book My New Roots

    Book Details:
  • Author : Sarah Britton
  • Publisher : Clarkson Potter
  • Release : 2015-03-31
  • ISBN : 0804185395
  • Pages : 585 pages

Download or read book My New Roots written by Sarah Britton and published by Clarkson Potter. This book was released on 2015-03-31 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At long last, Sarah Britton, called the “queen bee of the health blogs” by Bon Appétit, reveals 100 gorgeous, all-new plant-based recipes in her debut cookbook, inspired by her wildly popular blog. Every month, half a million readers—vegetarians, vegans, paleo followers, and gluten-free gourmets alike—flock to Sarah’s adaptable and accessible recipes that make powerfully healthy ingredients simply irresistible. My New Roots is the ultimate guide to revitalizing one’s health and palate, one delicious recipe at a time: no fad diets or gimmicks here. Whether readers are newcomers to natural foods or are already devotees, they will discover how easy it is to eat healthfully and happily when whole foods and plants are at the center of every plate.

Book The Jodi Picoult Collection  4

Download or read book The Jodi Picoult Collection 4 written by Jodi Picoult and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-10-23 with total page 1673 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three of bestselling author Jodi Picoult's compelling novels together in this ebook collection! Change of Heart One moment June Nealon was happily looking forward to years full of laughter and adventure with her family, and the next, she was staring into a future that was as empty as her heart. Now her life is a waiting game. Waiting for time to heal her wounds, waiting for justice. In short, waiting for a miracle to happen. For Shay Bourne, life holds no more surprises. The world has given him nothing, and he has nothing to offer the world. In a heartbeat, though, something happens that changes everything for him. Now, he has one last chance for salvation, and it lies with June's eleven-year-old daughter, Claire. But between Shay and Claire stretches an ocean of bitter regrets, past crimes, and the rage of a mother who has lost her child. Handle with Care Emotionally riveting and profoundly moving, Handle with Care brings us into the heart of a family bound by an incredible burden, a desperate will to keep their ties from breaking, and, ultimately, a powerful capacity for love. Written with the grace and wisdom she's become famous for, beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult offers us an unforgettable novel about the fragility of life and the lengths we will go to protect it. House Rules Jacob Hunt is a teen with Asperger’s syndrome. He’s hopeless at reading social cues or expressing himself well to others, though he is brilliant in many ways. But he has a special focus on one subject—forensic analysis. A police scanner in his room clues him in to crime scenes, and he’s always showing up and telling the cops what to do. And he’s usually right. So Jacob’s small hometown is rocked by a terrible murder, law enforcement comes to him. Jacob’s behaviors are hallmark Asperger’s, but they look a lot like guilt to the local police. Suddenly the Hunt family, who only want to fit in, are directly in the spotlight.

Book Huckleberry

    Book Details:
  • Author : Zoe Nathan
  • Publisher : Chronicle Books
  • Release : 2014-09-09
  • ISBN : 1452132380
  • Pages : 294 pages

Download or read book Huckleberry written by Zoe Nathan and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2014-09-09 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Filled with entertaining behind-the-scenes stories and technical tips . . . this cookbook will thrill meticulous bakers and Huckleberry's devotees” (Library Journal). “Everything in generosity” is the motto of Zoe Nathan, the big-hearted baker behind Santa Monica’s favorite neighborhood bakery and breakfast spot, Huckleberry Bakery & Café. This irresistible cookbook collects more than 115 of Huckleberry’s recipes and more than 150 color photographs, including how-to sequences for mastering basics such as flaky dough and lining a cake pan. Huckleberry’s recipes span from sweet (rustic cakes, muffins, and scones) to savory (hot cereals, biscuits, and quiche). True to the healthful spirit of Los Angeles, these recipes feature whole-grain flours, sesame and flax seeds, fresh fruits and vegetables, natural sugars, and gluten-free and vegan options—and they always lead with deliciousness. For bakers and all-day brunchers, Huckleberry will become the cookbook to reach for whenever the craving for big flavor strikes.

Book Everything I Want to Eat

Download or read book Everything I Want to Eat written by Jessica Koslow and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 535 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 100 fresh, market-driven, healthy, and flavorful recipes from the award-winning chef of popular LA restaurant Sqirl. Jessica Koslow and her restaurant, Sqirl, are at the forefront of the California cooking renaissance. In Everything I Want to Eat, Koslow shares 100 of her favorite recipes for health-conscious, delicious dishes, all of which always use real foods—no fake meat or fake sugar here—that are also suitable for vegetarians, vegans, or whomever you’re sharing your meal with. Each chapter features a collection of recipes centered on a key ingredient or theme. Expect to find recipes for dishes Sqirl has become known for, as well as brand-new seasonal flavor combinations, including: Raspberry and cardamom jam Sorrel-pesto rice bowl Burnt brioche toast with house ricotta and seasonal jam Lamb merguez, cranberry beans, roasted tomato, and yogurt cheese Valrhona chocolate fleur de sel cookies Almond hazelnut milk Everything I Want to Eat captures the excitement of new California cuisine while also offering accessible techniques that allow home cooks to play with the recipes, shaping meals to be nothing short of everything you want to eat. “Jessica Koslow’s cooking is always in tune with the seasons and I admire her approach to food that is pure and beautiful.” ?Alice Waters, award-winning chef and founder of Chez Panisse and Edible Schoolyard “Everything is genius and every ingredient has a purpose.” —David Chang, award-winning chef and founder of Momofuku restaurant group “Koslow seems to embody nearly everything wonderful about Los Angeles cuisine.” ?Jonathan Gold, food critic for the LA Times

Book Food52 Genius Desserts

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kristen Miglore
  • Publisher : Ten Speed Press
  • Release : 2018-09-04
  • ISBN : 152475899X
  • Pages : 289 pages

Download or read book Food52 Genius Desserts written by Kristen Miglore and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IACP AWARD WINNER • Food52 is back with the most beloved and talked-about desserts of our time (and the under-the-radar gems that will soon join their ranks)—in a collection that will make you a local legend, and a smarter baker to boot. ONE OF THE NEW YORKER’S FIFTEEN ESSENTIAL COOKBOOKS • Featured as one of the best and most anticipated fall cookbooks by the New York Times, Eater, Epicurious, The Kitchn, Kitchen Arts & Letters, Delish, Mercury News, Sweet Paul, and PopSugar. Drawing from her James Beard Award-nominated Genius Recipes column and powered by the cooking wisdom and generosity of the Food52 community, creative director Kristen Miglore set out to unearth the most game-changing dessert recipes from beloved cookbook authors, chefs, and bakers—and collect them all in one indispensable guide. This led her to iconic desserts spanning the last century: Maida Heatter’s East 62nd Street Lemon Cake, François Payard’s Flourless Chocolate-Walnut Cookies, and Nancy Silverton’s Butterscotch Budino. But it also turned up little-known gems: a comforting Peach Cobbler with Hot Sugar Crust from Renee Erickson and an imaginative Parsnip Cake with Blood Orange Buttercream from Lucky Peach, along with genius tips, riffs, and mini-recipes, and the lively stories behind each one. The genius of this collection is that Kristen has scouted out and rigorously tested recipes from the most trusted dessert experts, finding over 100 of their standouts. Each recipe shines in a different way and teaches you something new, whether it’s how to use unconventional ingredients (like Sunset’s whole orange cake), how to make the most of brilliant methods (roasted sugar from Stella Parks), or how to embrace stunning simplicity (Dorie Greenspan’s three-ingredient cookies). With photographer James Ransom’s riveting images throughout, Genius Desserts is destined to become every baker's go-to reference for the very best desserts from the smartest teachers of our time—for all the dinner parties, potlucks, bake sales, and late-night snacks in between.

Book I Love You More

    Book Details:
  • Author : Stacy Finz
  • Publisher : Lyrical Press
  • Release : 2024-02-06
  • ISBN : 1516111214
  • Pages : 221 pages

Download or read book I Love You More written by Stacy Finz and published by Lyrical Press. This book was released on 2024-02-06 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this thoughtful, intimate novel centered around a San Francisco family restaurant, two estranged sisters get a chance to rediscover their bond in the face of personal upheaval—if they can let go of the past and embrace new beginnings . . . To an outsider, television morning anchor Tess Stone’s life looks like glossy perfection. Ambitious, beautiful, and married to a major league baseball player, Tess seems invincible—until an on-air catastrophe puts both her marriage and career in jeopardy. Retreating home to San Francisco from New York to take stock seems like the best move. But that involves a challenge of its own: confronting her sister, Avery. Unlike Tess, Avery has pushed her own dreams aside in favor of running the family restaurant, Stones, dutifully adhering to her father’s unchanging menu of stick-to-your-ribs traditional fare. She has mixed feelings about her sister’s return. After all, Avery’s fiancé, Bennett, loved Tess first, and it’s impossible to shake her jealousy and dread—especially as Tess begins stealing attention left and right once more. But while both sisters have been immersed in their own lives, their parents have been keeping secrets of their own. And the curveballs keep coming—throwing into question all their relationships, the restaurant’s future, and their long-held assumptions about love, family, and especially, each other . . .