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"Edna loved to cook. Growing up on a farm in Freetown, Virginia, she learned the value of fresh, local, seasonal food from her Mama Daisy, as well as how to measure ingredients for biscuits using coins and to listen closely to her cakes to know when they were done. Edna carried these traditions with her all the way to Manhattan, where she became a celebrated chef, cooking traditional French food in her signature Southern style and introducing the...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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Provides facts about the chocolate chip cookie inventor, and imagines what could have led her to develop the Toll House cookie recipe, which include a possible cooking disaster, an ingredient substitution, and an original idea.
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2022.
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308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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Based on extensive interviews with those who knew him intimately, this biography of the late celebrity chef and TV star examines his battles with childhood trauma and addiction and his eventual rise to international fame.
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Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2020.
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244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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"The inspiring and deeply personal memoir from highly acclaimed chef Dominique Crenn.... At once a tale of personal discovery and a tribute to unrelenting determination, Rebel Chef is the story of one woman making a place for herself in the kitchen, and in the world"--
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Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2021.
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63 pages : illustrations ; 16 cm.
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English
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"Chef and activist Gaby Melian shares her personal journey with food--from growing up in Argentina to her time as a street vendor and later as Bon Appetit's test kitchen manager. Melian explores how we can develop a relationship with food that's personal, healthy, and thoughtful"--
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English
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James Beard award–winning author Adrian Miller vividly tells the stories of the African Americans who worked in the presidential food service as chefs, personal cooks, butlers, stewards, and servers for every First Family since George and Martha Washington.
Miller brings together the names and words of more than 150 black men and women who played remarkable roles in unforgettable events in the nation's history. Daisy McAfee Bonner,
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Random House Studio
Pub. Date
[2024]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
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English
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"A biography about chef José Andrés, who, through his World Central Kitchen organization, is fulfilling a vision to feed people in need all over the world"--
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
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English
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The story of how Joyce Chen, a girl born in Communist China, immigrated to the United States and popularized Chinese cooking.--
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English
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It was a culinary journey like no other: Over the course of 195 weeks, food writer and blogger Sasha Martin set out to cook--and eat--a meal from every country in the world. As cooking unlocked the memories of her rough-and-tumble childhood and the loss and heartbreak that came with it, Martin became more determined than ever to find peace and elevate her life through the prism of food and world cultures. From the tiny, makeshift kitchen of her eccentric,...
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2016.
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318 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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Julia Child is synonymous with French cooking, but her legacy runs much deeper. Now, her great-nephew and My Life in France coauthor vividly recounts the myriad ways in which she profoundly shaped how we eat today. He shows us Child in the aftermath of the publication of Mastering the Art of French Cooking, suddenly finding herself America's first lady of French food and under considerable pressure to embrace her new mantle....
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Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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English
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"This picture book biography recounts the extraordinary life of Augustus Jackson, an African American entrepreneur who is known as the "Father of Ice Cream.""--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"In Paris, Julia devoured recipe books, shopped in outdoor markets, consumed all kinds of foods, and whipped through culinary school. And although she wasn't always successful in the kitchen, she was determined to "master the art" of French cooking. Through perseverance and grit, Julia became a chef who shared her passion with the world, making cooking fun, and turning every meal into a special event"--
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W. W. Norton & Company
Language
English
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"America's modern culinary history told through the lives of seven pathbreaking chefs and food writers. Who's really behind America's appetite for foods from around the globe? This group biography from an electric new voice in food writing honors seven extraordinary women, all immigrants, who left an indelible mark on the way Americans eat today. Taste Makers stretches from World War II to the present, with absorbing and deeply researched portraits...
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English
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Many of us have dog-eared copies of Mastering the Art of French Cooking in our kitchens or fondly remember watching episodes of The French Chef, but what was behind the enormous appeal of this ungainly, unlikely woman, who became a superstar in midlife and changed our approach to food and cooking forever? In the spirit of The Gospel According to Coco Chanel and How Georgia Became O'Keeffe, Julia Child Rules dissects the life of the sunny, unpretentious...
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Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
291 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
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"Lisa Donovan is anyone's definition of a strong woman. She has built several lauded restaurants from the ground up, including Sean Brock's Husk empire; she raised two brilliant children with no money; she is a rape survivor; she is a profoundly talented artist. But from her early childhood, she had been told at every juncture that she wasn't enough: she came from a poor Southern family that despised its own Zuni/Mexican roots and repeatedly silenced...
18) Julia
Publisher
Sony Pictures
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
The film brings to life the legendary cookbook author and television superstar who changed the way Americans think about food, television, and even about women. Using never-before-seen archival footage, personal photos, first-person narratives, and cutting-edge, mouth-watering food cinematography, the film traces Julia Child's twelve year struggle to create and publish the revolutionary Mastering the Art of French Cooking (1961) which has sold more...
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English
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As a boy Onwuachi was sent from the Bronx to rural Nigeria by his mother to 'learn respect.' Through food, he broke out of a dangerous downward spiral and embarked on a new beginning at the bottom of the culinary food chain before going on to train in the kitchens of some of the most acclaimed restaurants in the country and appearing as a contestant on Top Chef. His love of food and cooking was a constant, even when the road to success was riddled...
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Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
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113 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
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"In this uniquely accessible, fully illustrated nonfiction work for young readers, Chef Flynn McGarry, who at an early age discovered a passion for food and cooking and has since gone on to receive wide-acclaim as a chef, shares his insights and explores the elements of creativity as he encourages young readers to mix passion, hard work, and their own unique perspective to achieve results that might just be life-changing. When Flynn McGarry was ten...
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