From the editors of the internationally critically acclaimed Don't Try This At Home , stories by forty of the world's great chefs about how they learned their craft -- not in the confines of culinary school, but in the inspiring and sometimes death-defying moments of trial-and-error that can happen anytime, anywhere. Hilarious, touching, and always surprising, they cover everything from early adversity to career-making triumphs. How I Learned to Cook...
This is a hilarious and sometimes heart rendering book of short stories written by the world's most famous chefs. Each chef describes the way they became interested in cooking. Some fell into the profession and a certain incident made them realize they wanted to cook for a living. Others were motivated by family. It's a great read, even on the beach. After I read this book I took notes on the publications of the chefs...
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If you love food, insights into the human experience, gossip, or just a good story, this is a delightful light read. It's perfect for reading while commuting by bus or train, indulging in literature over a good meal, soaking up while soaking in the bathtub, or delving into at bedtime. Each story is a delicious little truffle of personal experience. Some will appeal more than others to each reader, but with so many amusing...
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I'm actually enjoying this collection of anecdotes more than I did "Don't Try This at Home" -- this is more down-to-earth and not as outrageous as the stories gathered in the first book. An excellent keep-in-the-car book for when you have five or ten minutes to kill, you can knock off a couple more chapters. This would make a great gift for someone who likes to cook or who likes to eat, and who doesn't like to eat?!
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This is a fun book. Not interviews with chefs but 5-7 page chapters written by each of them. Not so much "how I learned to cook" (which would probably be boring, anyway after about the 5th one), as "some of my adventures/experiences as a chef". I agree with the other review for the most part, but wanted to post my 5 star response based on different expectations. If you enjoy reading the experiences of some of the best chefs...
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`How I Learned to Cook' collected and edited by Kimberly Witherspoon and Peter Meehan is simply a Part II of `Don't Try This At Home' edited by Witherspoon and culinary literary collaborator, Andrew Friedman in the place of Meehan. If the books were movies, they would probably be considered `exploitation' flicks, working off the interest in Tony Bourdain's `Kitchen Confidential' and a host of other culinary memoirs. Not only...
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