Life, on the Line: A Chef's Story of Chasing Greatness, Facing Death, and Redefining the Way We Eat Edición Kindle

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• Peso aproximado: 2.0 lb (0.9 kg).
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"One of America's great chefs" (Vogue) shares how his drive to cook immaculate food won him international renown-and fueled his miraculous triumph over tongue cancer. In 2007, chef Grant Achatz seemingly had it made. He had been named one of the best new chefs in America by Food & Wine in 2002, received the James Beard Foundation Rising Star Chef of the Year Award in 2003, and in 2005 he and Nick Kokonas opened the conceptually radical restaurant Alinea, which was named Best Restaurant in America by Gourmet magazine. Then, positioned firmly in the world's culinary spotlight, Achatz was diagnosed with stage IV squamous cell carcinoma-tongue cancer. The prognosis was grim, and doctors agreed the only course of action was to remove the cancerous tissue, which included his entire tongue. Desperate to preserve his quality of life, Grant undertook an alternative treatment of aggressive chemotherapy and radiation. But the choice came at a cost. Skin peeled from the inside of Grant's mouth and throat, he rapidly lost weight, and most alarmingly, he lost his sense of taste. Tapping into the discipline, passion, and focus of being a chef, Grant rarely missed a day of work. He trained his chefs to mimic his palate and learned how to cook with his other senses. As Kokonas was able to attest: The food was never better. Five months later, Grant was declared cancer-free, and just a few months following, he received the James Beard Foundation Outstanding Chef in America Award. Life, on the Line tells the story of a culinary trailblazer's love affair with cooking, but it is also a book about survival, about nurturing creativity, and about profound friendship. Already much- anticipated by followers of progressive cuisine, Grant and Nick's gripping narrative is filled with stories from the world's most renowned kitchens-The French Laundry, Charlie Trotter's, el Bulli- and sure to expand the audience that made Alinea the number-one selling restaurant cookbook in America last year.Watch a Video Leer más

Detalles del producto ASIN : B005GSYXGS Editorial : Avery Accesibilidad : Más información Fecha de publicación : 6 Marzo 2012 Edición : Reprint Idioma : Inglés Tamaño del archivo : 7.0 MB Lector de pantalla: : Respaldados Tipografía mejorada : Activado X-Ray : Activado Word Wise : Activado Número de páginas : 431 páginas ISBN-13 : 978-1101560730 Page Flip : Activado Edad de lectura : A partir de 18 años Clasificación en los más vendidos de Amazon: nº263,823 en Tienda Kindle (Ver el Top 100 en Tienda Kindle) nº64 en Biografías y Memorias de Chefs nº113 en Ensayos Sobre Gastronomía (Tienda Kindle) nº219 en Cocina, Comida y Vino (Tienda Kindle) Opiniones de clientes: 4.7 4.7 de 5 estrellas (689) ASIN : B005GSYXGS Editorial : Avery Accesibilidad : Más información Fecha de publicación : 6 Marzo 2012 Edición : Reprint Idioma : Inglés Tamaño del archivo : 7.0 MB Lector de pantalla: : Respaldados Tipografía mejorada : Activado X-Ray : Activado Word Wise : Activado Número de páginas : 431 páginas ISBN-13 : 978-1101560730 Page Flip : Activado Edad de lectura : A partir de 18 años Clasificación en los más vendidos de Amazon: nº263,823 en Tienda Kindle (Ver el Top 100 en Tienda Kindle) nº64 en Biografías y Memorias de Chefs nº113 en Ensayos Sobre Gastronomía (Tienda Kindle) nº219 en Cocina, Comida y Vino (Tienda Kindle) Opiniones de clientes: 4.7 4.7 de 5 estrellas (689)