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A history of the evolution of the American restaurant chef in the 1970s and 1980s, from the pioneers behind Chez Panisse, Spago, and other landmarks to the young cooks like Mario Batali, Tom Colicchio, and Bobby Flay who went on to become household names. Told through the perspectives not only of the pioneering chefs but also of line cooks, front-of-house personnel, investors, and critics who had front-row seats to this extraordinary transformation....
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Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
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First edition.
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English
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Wanting to try new things, Samson aspires to sample fine cuisine at fancy restaurants before discovering that the new restaurants in his corner of the sea are not exactly welcoming to customers with big teeth and scary smiles.
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"In the 1970s, New York City was plagued by crime, filth, and an ineffective government. The city was falling apart, and even the newly constructed World Trade Center threated to be a fiasco. But in April 1976, a quarter-mile up on the 107th floor of the north Tower, a new restaurant called Windows on the World opened its doors to rave reviews -- a glittering sign that New York wasn't done yet. In The Most Spectacular Restaurant in the World, journalist...
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"A front-of-the-house Kitchen Confidential from a career mat̋re d'hotel who manned the front of the room in New York City's hottest and most in-demand restaurants. From the glamorous to the entitled, from royalty to the financially ruined, everyone who wanted to be seen-or just to gawk-at the hottest restaurants in New York City came to places Michael Cecchi-Azzolina helped run. His phone number was passed around among those who wanted to curry favor,...
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2018.
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The Beijing Duck House in Rockville, Maryland, is not only a beloved go-to setting for hunger pangs and celebrations; it is its own world, inhabited by waiters and kitchen staff who have been fighting, loving, and aging within its walls for decades. When disaster strikes, this working family's controlled chaos is set loose, forcing each character to confront the conflicts that fast-paced restaurant life has kept at bay. Owner Jimmy Han hopes to leave...
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Max Spaniel volume 2
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Orchard Books
Pub. Date
2010
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1st ed.
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English
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Max Spaniel is chef at his own diner, where he serves up a variety of tasty meals.
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Running Press
Pub. Date
2017.
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First edition.
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English
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"Vibrant and unexpected, The Juhu Beach Club Cookbook brings the outsized opinions and culinary daring of Preeti Mistry, chef/owner of Oakland's Juhu Beach Club, to the page. Influenced by her background as a second-generation Indian -- born in London, raised across the US, now based in the Bay Area -- Preeti's irreverent style informs her personality and her food. This collection of street food, comfort classics, and restaurant favorites blends cuisines...
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Tita Rosie's kitchen volume 1
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"When Lila Macapagal moves back home to recover from a horrible breakup, her life seems to be following all the typical rom-com tropes. She's tasked with saving her Tita Rosie's failing restaurant, and she has to deal with a group of matchmaking aunties who shower her with love and judgment. But when a notoriously nasty food critic (who happens to be her ex-boyfriend) drops dead moments after a confrontation with Lila, her life quickly swerves from...
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Tita Rosie's kitchen volume 3
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"When her long lost cousin comes back to town just in time for the holidays, Lila Macapagal knows that big trouble can't be far behind in this new mystery by Mia P. Manansala, author of Arsenic and Adobo. It's Christmastime in Shady Palms, but things are far from jolly for Lila Macapagal. Sure, her new business, The Brew-ha Cafe, is looking to turn a profit in its first year. And yes, she's taken the first step in a new romance with her good friend,...
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Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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"Zingerman's Bakehouse is more than an institution. For upwards of 25 years, this artisanal bakery in Ann Arbor, Michigan, has fed millions of fans who stretch all across the United States and far beyond. Big o cookies, fudgy magic brownies and pecan pie, fragrant loaves of Jewish rye, challah, and sourdough, and yes, their famous sour cream coffee cake--you'll find all the recipes that make Zingerman's so beloved right here. Now, in their first-ever...
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Bellevue-Sur-Mer novels volume 3
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Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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Phaidon Press Limited
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Leading chefs from around the world offer inspiration, advice, and life lessons from both in and out of the kitchen. To become a great chef or to run a top restaurant, you need to learn from those who have already been there and done it: the chefs. In this unique book, author Shari Bayer has collected the wisdom of Michelin-star celebrities, rising professionals, and restaurant owners all over the world to provide essential insider advice for all...
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"Lumi Santana is a chef with a gift: she can perceive a person's emotions by tasting their cooking. Despite being raised by a mother who taught her that dreams and true love were silly fairy tales, she puts her heart and savings into opening her own fusion restaurant in Upper Manhattan. The restaurant offers a mix of the Dominican cuisine she grew up with and other world cuisines she is inspired by. When her eclectic venture fails, she is forced to...
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A deliciously funny, delectably shocking banquet of wild-but-true tales of life in the culinary trade from Chef Anthony Bourdain, laying out his more than a quarter-century of drugs, sex, and haute cuisine - now with all-new, never-before-published material.
19) Burnt
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Anchor Bay Entertainment
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English
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Chef Adam Jones had it all, and lost it. A rockstar chef of a two-star Michelin restaurant with the bad habits to match, the former enfant terrible of the Paris restaurant scene did everything different every time out and only ever cared about the thrill of creating explosions of taste. To land his own kitchen and that third elusive Michelin star though, he'll need the best of the best on his side, including the beautiful Helene.
"...it captures...
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Clarkson Potter
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
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English
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A foodie's guide culled from the popular SeriousEats.com online community combines favorite recipes with lists of recommended eating spots, guides to regional food styles and tips on how to eat well while traveling.
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