Titres dans Culinaire

The stories from his childhood in Somerset are vivid and moving: his grandfather with his tin leg, his mother at the mills, and his uncle, the ferret keeper and the black sheep of the family for ‘carrying on’ with married women. Keith Floyd spent a short spell on a local newspaper, and then, in a hilarious episode, joined the army. After he and the Ministry of Defence decided that they did not suit each other, he took his first cooking job as an assistant vegetable cook in a Bristol hotel.

For Zimmern, local cuisine - bizarre, gross or downright stomach turning as it may be to us -- is not simply what's served at mealtime. It is a primary avenue to discovering what is most authentic - the bizarre truth - about cultures everywhere. In this section, Zimmern eats his way through rituals and ceremonies around the world.

Anthony Bourdain, Gabrielle Hamilton, and Eric Ripert are all well established, accomplished chefs; they share their early cooking experiences, what influenced their cooking styles, and what made them want to be chefs forever. Bourdain is the executive chef at Brasserie Les Halles, the author of the best-selling book Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly, and the host of the popular Food Network series, A Cook's Tour.

In her own words, here is the captivating story of Julia Child’s years in France, where she fell in love with French food and found her “true calling.” From the moment the ship docked in Le Havre, en route to Paris, in the fall of 1948, Julia had an awakening that changed her life. Soon...

For Zimmern, local cuisine - bizarre, gross or downright stomach turning as it may be to us -- is not simply what's served at mealtime. It is a primary avenue to discovering what is most authentic - the bizarre truth - about cultures everywhere. In this section, Zimmern hunts and eats puffins in Iceland, the land of fire and ice.

For Zimmern, local cuisine - bizarre, gross or downright stomach turning as it may be to us -- is not simply what's served at mealtime. It is a primary avenue to discovering what is most authentic - the bizarre truth - about cultures everywhere. In this section, Zimmern goes with an ancient, armed guard to try lungfish - a fish that can breathe air and live on its own flesh.

A lovely discussion between Judith Jones and Alex Prud'homme on their new books, The Tenth Muse: My Life in Food and My Life in France (co-authored by Prud'homme with Julia Child). As a young editor at Knopf, Jones edited Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking, and a relationship blossomed between her and Child. Since then, Jones has worked with a glorious lineup of cookbook writers from Madhur Jaffrey to Marion Cunningham, and has become an editorial legend.

For Zimmern, local cuisine - bizarre, gross or downright stomach turning as it may be to us -- is not simply what's served at mealtime. It is a primary avenue to discovering what is most authentic - the bizarre truth - about cultures everywhere. In this section, Zimmern explains why a stew of brains and innards can be safer than a sliced tomato.

It’s rare for someone to emerge in America who can change our attitudes, our beliefs, and our very culture. It’s even rarer when that someone is a middle-aged, six-foot three-inch woman whose first exposure to an unsuspecting public is cooking an omelet on a hot plate on a local TV station...

Forever a girl obsessed with all things French, sweet freak Amy Thomas landed a gig as rich as the purest dark chocolate: leave Manhattan for Paris to write ad copy for Louis Vuitton. Working on the Champs-Élysées, strolling the charming streets, and exploring the best patisseries and boulangeries, Amy marveled at the magnificence of the City of Light. But does falling in love with one city mean turning your back on another? As much as Amy adored Paris, there was part of her that felt like a humble chocolate chip cookie....

In 2003, Kathleen Flinn, a 36-year-old American living and working in London, returned from vacation to find that her corporate job had been eliminated. Ignoring her mother's advice that she get another job immediately or "never get hired anywhere ever again", Flinn instead cleared out her savings and moved to Paris to pursue a dream: a diploma from the famed Le Cordon Bleu cooking school.

In his lively, unprecedented close-up portrait of Ferran Adrià, award-winning food writer Colman Andrews traces this groundbreaking chef’s rise from resort hotel dishwasher to culinary deity, and the evolution of El Bulli from a German-owned beach bar into the establishment voted annually by an international jury to be “the world’s best restaurant”.

"Il vino può essere quell'elastico che ci riporta indietro. Per me è stato un'occasione di rinascita personale ma può esserlo per chiunque voglia cambiare vita." Dopo gli inizi come giornalista nella sua Bergamo, Laura Donadoni si è dovuta trasferire in America dove ha ricominciato da zero diventando in poco tempo esperta di vino e sommelier di successo e fondando uno dei wine blog e canali Instagram più seguiti, The Italian Wine Girl.

I sacrifici sono fondamentali per spiccare il volo e Damiano Carrara questo lo sa molto bene. Infatti lui, giovanissimo, lascia gli affetti e un lavoro fisso per volare in Irlanda a fare un po' di gavetta nei locali e imparare l'inglese, e poi decide di osare di più e andare negli USA a fare il barman. In valigia ha pochi vestiti ma tanta grinta, umiltà e voglia di mettersi in gioco perché il futuro è tutto da costruire, un pezzo alla volta.

Mikkel Borg Bjergsø og Jeppe Jarnit-Bjergsø blev født med halvandet minuts mellemrum. Lige siden har de enæggede tvillinger konkurreret om at komme først og være bedst. I dag kæmper de om at lave verdens bedste øl. I over seks år har de ikke talt sammen. Men i denne bog fortæller de for første gang den fulde historie om deres liv. Det gør de til journalist Rasmus Emborg, der har fulgt brødrene igennem næsten et år. Det er blevet en historie om øl og iværksætteri.

Memoria, sabores y olores: esto es El gusto es mío. Un recorrido por la vida de Víctor Manuel alrededor de una mesa o frente al fogón de la cocina. Ingrediente tras ingrediente, el cantautor va trenzando una ristra de recuerdos, anécdotas, emociones y sentimientos que componen un banquete de memoria. Viajes por distintas carreteras, reuniones con viejos amigos, anécdotas culinarias junto a los abuelos o los hijos, la historia de un gran amor..., todo sin salir de la cocina, realizando esa receta perfecta con los sabores y olores que han dado sentido a toda una vida.

Alexander Herrmann ist mit zwei Michelin-Sternen und diversen TV-Auftritten einer der erfolgreichsten deutschen Spitzenköche. In diesem Hörbuch erzählt er erstmals aus seinem Leben - und aus seiner Küche. Anekdotenreich beschreibt Herrmann, wie er vom beschaulichen oberfränkischen Wirsberg aus seine einzig­artige Karriere als Spitzenkoch und Multi-Unternehmer startete. Neben autobiografischen Einblicken ist es ihm aber auch ein Anliegen, den Leser an den Alltag hinter den Kulissen der Sterneküche heranzuführen.

"A hilarious and moving story of unconventional entrepreneurialism, passion, and guts." --Danny Meyer, CEO of Union Square Hospitality Group; Founder of Shake Shack; Author of Setting the Table Original recipes by J. Kenji López-Alt of The Food Lab and Stella Parks of BraveTart James Beard...

Burn the Place is a galvanizing culinary memoir that chronicles Iliana Regan's journey from foraging on the family farm to opening her Michelin-starred restaurant. Her story is alive with startling imagery, raw like that first bite of wild onion, and told with uncommon emotional power. Regan grew up the youngest of four headstrong girls on a small farm in Indiana. Regan often felt that she "wasn't made for this world." She was a little girl who longed to be a boy, gay in an intolerant community, an alcoholic before she turned 20, a woman in an industry dominated by men.

A fascinating, funny and downright bizarre survey of culinary oddities by one of Australia’s most beloved comedians. In this irreverent romp through the history of food via the Seven Deadly Sins, Mikey Robins uncovers the most bizarre food-related stories of all time. From the Ancient...