David Chang

Gabe Ulla

The chef behind Momofuku and star of Netflix's Ugly Delicious gets uncomfortably real in his debut memoir. As a young, unspectacular cook, David Chang opened a noodle restaurant in Manhattan's East Village that should not have survived its first, misbegotten year. But, through sheer stubbornness and a series of utterly reckless choices, he became a chef who the New York Times once described as "the modern equivalent of Norman Mailer or Muhammad Ali." In this memoir, Chang lays bare his self-doubt and ruminates on mental health. He explains the ideas that guide him and demonstrates how cuisine is a weapon against complacency and racism. Exhibiting the vulnerability of Andre Agassi's Open and the vivid storytelling of Patti Smith's Just Kids, this is a portrait of a modern America in which tenacity can overcome anything.

A Memoir

Eat a Peach

Ignacio Mattos

Over 133 modern American recipes from the critically acclaimed New York City bistro that you can make in your own kitchen. One flight up, in a bustling neighborhood bistro overlooking the chaos of one of downtown New York’s busiest streets, Ignacio Mattos serves food so uncannily delicious it consistently earns him accolades like “Chef of the Year,” and his restaurant Estela a spot among the World’s 50 Best. Estela shows you how to think like Ignacio Mattos, who as an immigrant sees ingredients with fresh eyes. Here is how to look at something as ordinary as a button mushroom and make it extraordinary (shaved thin over ricotta dumplings), or as familiar as burrata and transform it (with a pool of juiced herby greens and charred bread). How to use vinegars, citruses, fish sauce, and pickling broth to give each bite a pop of flavor. How to compose a plate in layers, so that the deeper you dig, the more that is revealed, while each forkful carries an electric marriage of flavors and textures. Estela presents over 133 recipes, including classics that will never leave the menu, like Lamb Ribs with Chermoula and Honey, Mussels Escabeche on Toast, and the hide-and-seek joy of Endive Salad with Walnuts and Ubriaco Rosso. Small plates meant for sharing with friends and family, like Cherry Tomatoes with Figs and Onion. Incredible pan-seared steaks. And basics for the pantry that will elevate whatever you feel like making. Named one of the Best Cookbooks of Fall 2018 by The New York Times Book Review, Epicurious, Grub Street, The Kitchn, and more!

Estela

Um livro de memórias corajoso e bem-humorado sobre os sucessos e decepções de um dos grandes nomes da culinária mundial. Como um filho de imigrantes, que teve um desempenho ruim na escola e foi um prodígio do golfe, depois formou-se em teologia na universidade e estudou gastronomia por apenas seis meses, ocupando cargos de pouco prestígio em um punhado de cozinhas, abriu um restaurante em Manhattan que rapidamente revolucionaria a culinária mundial? Em seu saboroso livro de memórias, que logo se tornou best-seller do New York Times, David Chang – chef do Momofuku responsável pelo boom da cozinha ásio-americana contemporânea – procura explicar sua ascensão meteórica enquanto tenta, ele mesmo, compreendê-la. O resultado é um misto de relato íntimo e reflexivo de impressionante franqueza com uma crônica bem-humorada dos bastidores do mundo dos restaurantes no século XXI. "Das cozinhas estreladas às calçadas de NYC em 11 de setembro... This is Dave Chang!" — Alex Atala "David Chang é mágico." — Ferran Adrià, considerado um dos melhores chefs do mundo "Todo o hype é justificado. [...] David Chang deu uma nova direção ao ramo dos restaurantes e da gastronomia." — Anthony Bourdain, autor de Cozinha confidencial "Uma autobiografia franca e vulnerável que vai te fazer rir e chorar ao mesmo tempo. [...] Uma leitura absolutamente imperdível." — CNN

Memórias e aventuras nos bastidores das badaladas cozinhas do Momofuku

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the chef behind Momofuku and star of Netflix’s Ugly Delicious—an intimate account of the making of a chef, the story of the modern restaurant world that he helped shape, and how he discovered that success can be much harder to understand than failure. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR • Fortune • Parade • The New York Public Library • Garden & Gun In 2004, Momofuku Noodle Bar opened in a tiny, stark space in Manhattan’s East Village. Its young chef-owner, David Chang, worked the line, serving ramen and pork buns to a mix of fellow restaurant cooks and confused diners whose idea of ramen was instant noodles in Styrofoam cups. It would have been impossible to know it at the time—and certainly Chang would have bet against himself—but he, who had failed at almost every endeavor in his life, was about to become one of the most influential chefs of his generation, driven by the question, “What if the underground could become the mainstream?” Chang grew up the youngest son of a deeply religious Korean American family in Virginia. Graduating college aimless and depressed, he fled the States for Japan, hoping to find some sense of belonging. While teaching English in a backwater town, he experienced the highs of his first full-blown manic episode, and began to think that the cooking and sharing of food could give him both purpose and agency in his life. Full of grace, candor, grit, and humor, Eat a Peach chronicles Chang’s switchback path. He lays bare his mistakes and wonders about his extraordinary luck as he recounts the improbable series of events that led him to the top of his profession. He wrestles with his lifelong feelings of otherness and inadequacy, explores the mental illness that almost killed him, and finds hope in the shared value of deliciousness. Along the way, Chang gives us a penetrating look at restaurant life, in which he balances his deep love for the kitchen with unflinching honesty about the industry’s history of brutishness and its uncertain future.

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