The Hunger - A Memoir of an Accidental Chef

Zusatztext "In a bowl! stir gently! one part Hard Work! two cups True Grit! and a dash of Restaurant Glamour! and you get the perfect recipe for Chef John Delucie's everyday life... I couldn't put it down." Informationen zum Autor John DeLucie is the Executive Chef/Partner of The Waverly Inn, which he opened to great critical acclaim in 2007 in Manhattan's Greenwich Village. DeLucie has been featured in New York magazine , Town & Country , the New York Times , and on television on the The Martha Stewart Show and CBS's The Early Show Saturday Editio n. He lives in New York. Klappentext An inspiring, heartwarming memoir from the unlikely chef of The Waverly Inn The Hunger is an insider's take on the crazy life that is the restaurant business, as well as an underdog's tale of survival. Dissatisfied with his corporate career, John DeLucie followed his passion for food to a single cooking class at the New School (where he was named Most Likely to Succeed). He launched his first food gig at SoHo's famed Dean & DeLuca, then cooked at several New York–area restaurants. For fifteen years, DeLucie worked his way through major challenges, while accepting both successes and failures, until finally opening his restaurant The Waverly Inn—the Greenwich Village sensation. He now shares secrets about the behind-the-scenes details from the tiny kitchen, the front of the house, and outside the restaurant, where the paparazzi gather. Also included are the stories behind some of DeLucie's signature recipes. The Hunger is a story about food and desire and appetite—an intimate window onto a chaotic world. Zusammenfassung “Hot grease, sharp knives, infidelity, and white truffles…. The Hunger has all the right ingredients….The best memoir by a chef since Kitchen Confidential. ” —Jay McInerney   The Hunger is the page-turning memoir from John DeLucie, chef of THE celebrity hot spot restaurant in New York City, The Waverly Inn. With an introduction by Graydon Carter, legendary Editor of Vanity Fair , The Hunger is an unabashed celebration of hard work and the good life that Anthony Bourdain fans will simply eat up—a feast for foodies that author Salman Rushdie calls, “A delightful book….I recommend it to anyone interested in good food—and good stories.” ...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Graydon Carter, John Delucie, John/ Carter Delucie
• Editore: Ecco Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 04.05.2010
• EAN: 9780061579295
• ISBN: 978-0-06-157929-5
• Pagine: 256
• Dimensioni: 135 mm x 203 mm x 15 mm
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Opere generiche, enciclopedie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia contemporanea (dal 1945 al 1989); Education, Memoirs, Comfort food and food nostalgia, Cooking for parties and special occasions, Parties, etiquette and entertaining, General cookery and recipes, Holidays and celebrations, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Personal Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Rich & Famous, COOKING: General, COOKING: Comfort Food, COOKING: Individual Chefs & Restaurants, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Culinary, COOKING: Holiday, COOKING: Essays & Narratives, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Educators, Cookery / food and drink / food writing, TV / Celebrity chef / eateries cookbooks