Wyświetlane tytuły w kategorii Kulinarne

Un parcours incroyable, puissant, symbole d'espoir et de persévérance, et un regard inédit sur l'envers du décor des restaurants étoilés. Née au Bénin, Georgiana grandit entourée de femmes passionnées qui l'initient aux plats traditionnels. Malgré un drame étouffé lors de son...

Sweet and Low is the amazing, bittersweet, hilarious story of an American family and its patriarch, a short-order cook named Ben Eisenstadt who, in the years after World War II, invented the sugar packet and Sweet'N Low, converting his Brooklyn cafeteria into a factory and amassing the great...

Trying to shake off the emotions of a recently emptied nest and midlife anxiety, Peter Gregg launches into a strange new chapter—he decides to make maple syrup. A lot of it. After recruiting his best buddy, Bert, and collecting advice from a clique of salty farmers who’ve been sugaring all their lives, Gregg is soon consumed by what maple producers call “the Bug.” He sets out to chase the mythical “five pounder” goal—a lofty syrup production total that’ll put him in league with the pros in Vermont.

El chef migrante desvela la extraordinaria vida de Lalo García, un migrante que pasó de los campos agrícolas al Olimpo de la gastronomía mundial. Cuando era niño, Lalo tuvo que trabajar en condiciones «agotadoras, mugrientas y venenosas» en Estados Unidos… Sin formación académica ni grandes recursos, su innato talento y férrea ética de trabajo le empezaron a abrir paso en el mundo que le apasionaba: el de los restaurantes… Pero todo se interrumpió cuando fue deportado a México, un país que debió redescubrir y donde tuvo que empezar de cero. De nuevo.

A Seat at the Table is the story of the founding of Busboys and Poets, a Washington, D.C.–based restaurant that has become a celebrated hub for political activism. Named in honor of Langston Hughes, who worked as a busboy while writing poetry, the restaurant is the creation of Andy Shallal, an Iraqi American restaurateur, artist, and activist.

Julie Goodwin was catapulted into our hearts as the first-ever winner of MasterChef Australia. In many ways her win was unlikely. As a child Julie adored music and art, but her career began in youth work, including in a juvenile detention centre housing troubled boys and a toxic all-male staff...

“Searing…Jill Damatac tells the story of a fight for survival and culture in America.” —The New York Times “A fiercely honest, eye-opening view of one undocumented family’s experiences trying to start over in a new world.” —The San Francisco Chronicle In the style of Crying in H...

Desde que mi madre murió, lloro en H Mart. H Mart es una cadena de supermercados especializada en comida asiática. La H es por han ah reum, una frase en coreano que podría traducirse como ‘un brazo lleno de comestibles’. Mi madre expresaba su amor por medio de la comida. Por muy crítica o cruel que pudiera parecer no dejaba de presionarme para que colmara sus utópicas expectativas, yo siempre sentía que su afecto irradiaba de los platos que me preparaba exactamente como a mí me gustaban.

A raw and raucous memoir from chef and writer Zahra Tangorra about the great meals and great loves of her life, reflecting on family, friendship, grief, and the solace that can be found through food Extra sauce is how I like my pizza and also how I fall in love. Extra sauce is for sopping...

Molly Irani, the visionary cofounder of the James Beard Award–winning restaurant Chai Pani, shares the story—“part memoir, part love story, part leadership guide, from the queen of hospitality herself” (Garden & Gun)—of building a thriving business that puts people first. Growing up in...

Fireproof charts Chef Curtis Duffy's rise in spite of trauma, to being mentored by and recognized among the world's top chefs. Amid childhood chaos in rural Ohio, a young Duffy first found refuge in Home Ec class, then at one of Columbus's best restaurants, where he honed his skills. His passion ignited, Duffy was dead set on leaving Ohio and breaking the Duffy family curse. But the tragic deaths of his parents jeopardized his promising trajectories.

Legendarul restaurant Eleven Madison Park era o braserie de două stele aflată într-o situație delicată când Will Guidara a preluat cârma. Unsprezece ani mai târziu, avea deja patru stele din partea publicației The New York Times, trei stele Michelin și fusese numit cel mai bun restaurant din lume. Cum a fost posibil? Angajații restaurantului au depășit cu mult așteptările clienților.

Beggars Belief is a collection of funny, poignant, insightful and just plain ludicrous stories from Gerald’s life in kitchens and behind bars: his formative years in the UK, memories of food and family; tales and tips from forty years of service; journeys and meals, people and places, from lunch on the side of a volcano in Sicily to dinner on a beach in East Timor; stories and recipes and drinks suggestions from North Carlton and San Sebastian; vignettes, slices of life, observations.

DYMOCKS NONFICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH Gold Logie-nominated TV personality and food icon Melissa Leong bites down on her demons in this searing memoir, exploring themes of abuse in the hospitality industry, racism, mental health and, for a light palate cleanser, the thrill of mouth-wateringly...

Aujourd'hui, chaque entreprise peut faire le choix de l'hospitalité. Ce recueil de leçons sur le service et le leadership, apprises au cours d'une carrière dans l'hôtellerie, célèbre le seul principe qui ne sera jamais démodé : le désir humain d'être pris en charge. Dans cet aperçu des coulisses du monde de la restauration, L'hospitalité déraisonnable nous montre comment trouver de la magie dans ce que nous faisons - pour nous-mêmes, pour les personnes avec lesquelles nous travaillons et pour celles que nous écoutons.

One August day, months after her marriage abruptly ended, a heart-shaped baking tin fell at Bee Wilson’s feet: the same one she had used to bake her wedding cake twenty-three years prior. This discovery struck a wave of emotions that propelled her search for others who have attached magical and personal properties to the objects in their kitchens.

御粽司・川端道喜は，室町時代から長く御所に餅や菓子を納めてきた．十五代当主はかつて，この国の四季と結びついた和菓子のゆたかな世界，そして菓子づくりの自身の経験を語り下ろした．

War changes every part of human culture: art, education, music, politics. Why should food be any different? For nearly twenty years, Michael Shaikh's job was investigating human rights abuses in conflict zones. Early on, he noticed how war not only changed the lives of victims and their...

One of the Must-Read Books To Have On Your Radar in 2026—Service95 From a dazzling new writer, a stirring memoir rooted in Hakka culture about the lesson to accept both bitterness and sweetness in life Eat bitter is a Chinese proverb meaning ‘endure hardship to taste sweetness.' For Lydia...

In these coming-of-age tales set on the Menominee Indian Reservation of the 1980s and 1990s, Thomas Pecore Weso explores the interrelated nature of meals and memories. As he puts it, “I cannot separate foods from the moments in my life when I first tasted them.” Weso’s stories recall the foods that influenced his youth in northern Wisconsin: subsistence meals from hunted, fished, and gathered sources; the culinary traditions of the German, Polish, and Swedish settler descendants in the area; and the commodity foods distributed by the government that made up the bulk of his family’s pantry.