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The Soul of a Chef: The Journey Toward Perfection by Michael Ruhlman
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- ISBN 10 067089155X
- ISBN 13 9780670891559
- Published Jun 01 2000
- Format Hardcover
- Language English
- Countries United States
- Publisher Viking Books
- Imprint Viking Books
Publishers Text
In 1997, journalist and cook Michael Ruhlman observed incognito the certified Master Chef examination at the Culinary Institute of America, one of the most grueling competitions in the gastronomic world. In his critically acclaimed The Making of a Chef, which Peter Kamisky of The New York Times hailed as well-reported and heartfelt, Ruhlman offered a vivid and unique portrait of this unique world.
This book combines Ruhlman's masterful storytelling with his immense love of food to reveal the men and women whose main goal is to serve food of perfection. Through working and talking with three of the most talented young chefs in the business, Ruhlman takes the reader on a journey past the dark heart of the profession toward the soul of a chef - a journey that takes him into the kitchens of the finest restaurants from the Napa Valley to the Hudson Valley. Here he reveals the collective experience of these men as they all strive to achieve their own level of perfection.
This is a satisfying and fascinating immersion into the hearts and minds of those who undertake the grueling, but richly rewarding pledge to serve only the best. It is a must for gastronomes, prospective chefs and all lovers of great food.
Other cookbooks by this author
- The Book of Schmaltz: Love Song to a Forgotten Fat
- Charcuterie: The Craft of Salting, Smoking, and Curing
- The Elements of Cooking: Translating the Chef's Craft for Every Kitchen
- The Elements of Cooking: Translating the Chef's Craft for Every Kitchen
- The Elements of Cooking: Translating the Chef's Craft for Every Kitchen
- The Elements of Cooking: Translating the Chef's Craft For Every Kitchen
- The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at The Culinary Institute of America
- The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at The Culinary Institute of America
- The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at The Culinary Institute of America
- Michael Symon's Live to Cook: Recipes and Techniques to Rock Your Kitchen
- Michael Symon's Live to Cook
- Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking
- Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking
- Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking
- The Reach of a Chef: Beyond the Kitchen
- The Reach of a Chef: Professional Cooks in the Age of Celebrity
- A Return to Cooking
- A Return to Cooking
- Ruhlman.com
- Ruhlman's Twenty: 20 Techniques, 100 Recipes, A Cook's Manifesto: The Ideas and Techniques That Will Make You a Better Cook
- Salumi: The Craft of Italian Dry Curing
- Salumi: The Craft of Italian Dry Curing
- The Soul of a Chef: The Journey Toward Perfection
- The Soul of a Chef: The Journey Toward Perfection
