JAMES BEARD AWARD NOMINEE - NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE
YEAR BY "VOGUE "- "NEW YORK TIMES "BESTSELLER
"One of the great culinary stories of our time."--Dwight Garner,
"The New York Times"
" "
It begins with a simple ritual: Every Saturday afternoon, a boy who
loves to cook walks to his grandmother's house and helps her
prepare a roast chicken for dinner. The grandmother is Swedish, a
retired domestic. The boy is Ethiopian and adopted, and he will
grow up to become the world-renowned chef Marcus Samuelsson. This
book is his love letter to food and family in all its
manifestations. "Yes, Chef "chronicles Samuelsson's journey, from
his grandmother's kitchen to his arrival in New York City, where
his outsize talent and ambition finally come together at Aquavit,
earning him a "New York Times" three-star rating at the age of
twenty-four. But Samuelsson's career of chasing flavors had only
just begun--in the intervening years, there have been White House
state dinners, career crises, reality show triumphs, and, most
important, the opening of Red Rooster in Harlem. At Red Rooster,
Samuelsson has fulfilled his dream of creating a truly diverse,
multiracial dining room--a place where presidents rub elbows with
jazz musicians, aspiring artists, and bus drivers. It is a place
where an orphan from Ethiopia, raised in Sweden, living in America,
can feel at home.
Praise for "Yes, Chef"
" "
"Such an interesting life, told with touching modesty and
remarkable candor."--Ruth Reichl
"Marcus Samuelsson has an incomparable story, a quiet bravery, and
a lyrical and discreetly glittering style--in the kitchen and on
the page. I liked this book so very, very much."--Gabrielle
Hamilton
"Plenty of celebrity chefs have a compelling story to tell, but
none of them can top this] one.""--The Wall Street Journal"
"Elegantly written . . . Samuelsson has the flavors of many
countries in his blood.""--The Boston Globe"
"Red Rooster's arrival in Harlem brought with it a chef who has
reinvigorated and reimagined what it means to be American. In his
famed dishes, and now in this memoir, Marcus Samuelsson tells a
story that reaches past racial and national divides to the
foundations of family, hope, and downright good food."--President
Bill Clinton
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