Títulos en Chefs

A rags-to-$9-billion-riches story. A crash course in Burger King history and fast food in America, The Burger King is McLamore's candid and conversational memoir. Written before his death in 1996, he talks of his life, the birth of the Whopper, and the rise of Burger King. McLamore's account of Burger King offers an instructive and inspiring tale to young entrepreneurs. Here's a story of entrepreneurship development from one of the top entrepreneurs of fast food chains.

Craig Carlson set out to do the impossible: open the first American diner in Paris. Despite never having owned his own business before - let alone a restaurant, the riskiest business of all - Craig chose to open his diner in a foreign country, with a foreign language that also happens to be the culinary capital of the world. While facing enormous obstacles, Craig and his diner, Breakfast in America, went on to be a great success - especially with the French. 

Don't be a Donkey is a true story about the life and career of Chef Chadd McArthur. It is about the lessons, about both kitchen and life, that he learned while working for Gordon Ramsay. Eighteen hours a day, five days a week...when you work with a great chef and leader that much, his wisdom will rub off on you, and at times traumatize you.

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.

** DEMON COPPERHEAD - THE NEW BARBARA KINGSOLVER NOVEL - IS AVAILABLE NOW** THE MULTI-MILLION COPY SELLING AUTHOR " We wanted to live in a place that could feed us: where rain falls, crops grow, and drinking water bubbles up right out of the ground." Barbara Kingsolver opens her home to us, as...

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.

Johannes Calvijn (1509-1564) was tegelijk reformator, protestants leider, docent, commentator, polemicus, prediker en de grondlegger van het calvinisme. Hij heeft veel invloed gehad op de Europese theologie en de Nederlandse kerk en cultuur. Maar wie was Calvijn, wat dreef hem, wat waren zijn opvattingen en wat heeft hij geschreven? In zijn hoorcollege laat Calvijnkenner Herman Selderhuis de luisteraar kennismaken met de mens Calvijn, zijn levensloop in politieke en sociale context, zijn belangrijkste werken en het calvinisme zoals dat in Europa en vooral in Nederland vorm kreeg.

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.

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...

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.