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Chefs Drugs and Rock & Roll: How Food Lovers Free Spirits Misfits and Wanderers Created a New American Profession signed by author and 5 chefs

2018 · 030502 — Ecco 2018. HARDCOVER first printing. SIGNED on the half title page by the author and 5 chefs: Nancy Silverman Mary Sue Millikan Jimmy Schmidt and two others illegible. NEW and unread in a New dust jacket. Near PERFECT condition. NO chips tears rubbing or fading. Bright and shiny. Sharp corners. Square and tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh crisp clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Index. Bound in the original blue boards with a black spine stamped in bright white. Complete with dust jacket. From the publisher: "An all-access history of the evolution of the American restaurant chef. Chefs Drugs and Rock & Roll transports readers back in time to witness the remarkable evolution of the American restaurant chef in the 1970s and '80s. Taking a rare coast-to-coast perspective Andrew Friedman goes inside Chez Panisse and other Bay Area restaurants to show how the politically charged backdrop of Berkeley helped draw new talent to the profession; into the historically underrated community of Los Angeles chefs including a young Wolfgang Puck and future stars such as Susan Feniger Mary Sue Milliken and Nancy Silverton; and into the clash of cultures between established French chefs in New York City and the American game changers behind The Quilted Giraffe The River Cafe and other East Coast establishments. We also meet young cooks of the time such as Tom Colicchio and Emeril Lagasse who went on to become household names in their own right. Along the way the chefs their struggles their cliques and of course their restaurants are brought to life in vivid detail. As the '80's unspool we see the profession evolve as American masters like Thomas Keller rise and watch the genesis of a “chef nation” as these culinary pioneers crisscross the country to open restaurants and collaborate on special events and legendary hangouts like Blue Ribbon become social focal points all as the industry-altering Food Network shimmers on the horizon. Told largely in the words of the people who lived it as captured in more than two hundred author interviews with writers like Ruch Reichl and legends like Jeremiah Tower Alice Waters Jonathan Waxman and Barry Wine Chefs Drugs and Rock & Roll treats readers to an unparalleled 360-degree re-creation of the business and the times through the perspectives not only of the groundbreaking chefs but also of line cooks front-of-house personnel investors and critics who had front-row seats to this extraordinary transformation." . First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. New/New dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. xiii 464pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Ecco Hardcover