Andrew Friedman

Kimberly Witherspoon

DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME Culinary Catastrophes from the World's Greatest Chefs A hilarious and heartening collection of kitchen disasters. In this raucous new collection, over forty of the world's greatest chefs relate outrageous true tales from their kitchens. From hiring a blind line cook to flooding the room with meringue to being terrorized by a French owl, these behind-the-scenes accounts are as wildly entertaining as they are revealing. A delicious reminder that even the chefs we most admire aren't always perfect, Don't Try This at Home is a must-have for anyone who loves food or is fascinated by those who masterfully prepare it. Ferrán Adrià on when lobsters go bad José Andrés on asking for help Dan Barber on talking to your fish Mario Batali on the perfect risotto Michelle Bernstein on the many uses of chocolate Heston Blumenthal on the angriest maître d' in England Daniel Boulud on one thousand bowls of soup Anthony Bourdain on beating up the customers Jimmy Bradley on drinking games Scott Bryan on too many salamanders David Burke on hiding the laundry Samuel Clark on cooking for royalty Tom Colicchio on sneaking through customs Scott Conant on the persistence of eels Tamasin Day-Lewis on how not to store a pheasant Tom Douglas on the strange destiny of snowstorms Wylie Dufresne on birds of prey Jonathan Eismann on the healing powers of electricity Claudia Fleming on runaway meringue Gabrielle Hamilton on second sight Fergus Henderson on the far from ordinary Paul Kahan on caller ID Hubert Keller on tempting fate Giorgio Locatelli on the art of the French ambush Michael Lomonaco on feeding Pavarotti Pino Luongo on summer school in the Hamptons Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger on getting away with it Sara Moulton on how to destroy a food processor Tamara Murphy on the misuses of foie gras Cindy Pawlcyn on eating at home Neil Perry on unexpected showers Michel Richard on how to rescue a wayward cake Eric Ripert on getting to the kitchen Alain Sailhac on salty coffee and solitary confinement Marcus Samuelsson on the languages of gelatin Bill Telepan on the Fish Guys versus the Meat Guys Laurent Tourondel on rib-eye rush hour Tom Valenti on the grounds for revenge Norman Van Aken on Key West hi-jinks Geoffrey Zakarian on a license to eat dangerously

Culinary Catastrophes from the World's Greatest Chefs

Don't Try This At Home

In this raucous new anthology, thirty of the world's greatest chefs relate outrageous true tales from their kitchens. From hiring a blind cook to butting heads with a crazed chef to witnessing security guards attacking hungry customers, these behind-the-scenes accounts are as wildly entertaining as they are revealing. A delicious reminder that even the chefs we most admire aren't always perfect, Don't Try This At Home is a must-have for anyone who loves food - or the men and women who masterfully prepare it.

Don't Try this at Home

In this raucous new anthology, thirty of the world's greatest chefs relate outrageous true tales from their kitchens. From hiring a blind line cook to butting heads with a crazed chef to witnessing security guards attacking hungry customers, these behind-the-scenes accounts are as wildly entertaining as they are revealing. A delicious reminder that even the chefs we most admire aren't always perfect, Don't Try This at Home is a must-have for anyone who loves food - or the men and women who masterfully prepare it.

Culinary Catastrophes from the World's Greatest Cooks and Chefs

Don't Try This at Home

Peter Meehan

Kimberly

In this delicious sequel to Don't Try This at Home, forty of the world's most celebrated chefs relate their true stories about learning to cook. Hilarious, touching and always surprising, these pieces cover everything from their first experiences in the kitchen - the miraculous moments that made them want to work with food forever - to unexpected, outrageous epiphanies just when they thought they knew it all. Including stories by gastronomic giants such as Anthony Bourdain, Fergus Henderson, Heston Blumenthal, Raymond Blanc, Michel Roux and many more, How I Learned to Cookis an irresistible treat for cooks and foodies everywhere.

Culinary Educations from the World's Greatest Chefs

How I Learned to Cook

Before he was a top chef, Tom Colicchio learned to love cooking when he was still slinging burgers at a poolside snack bar. Barbara Lynch tells the story of lying her way into her first chef's job and then needing to cook her way out of trouble in the galley kitchen of a ship at sea. Stories of mentorship abound: Rick Bayless tells the story of finally working with Julia Child, his childhood hero; Gary Danko of earning the trust of the legendary Madeleine Kamman. How I Learned to Cook is an irresistible treat, a must-have for anyone who loves food and wants a look into the lives of the men and women who masterfully prepare it.

Kimberly Witherspoon

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