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Food, Sex, Wine and Cigars : A Memoir

Author: Lisa Stalvey

Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency

Published: 2015-07-02

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 1681811987

My memoir spans the first twelve years of my life as a professional chef. I was living in hell from September 1980 until 1993, facing many unforeseen challenges in every aspect of my life. I planned on making this a cookbook twenty-two years ago. Then one day in 2011, it came to me that it needed to be a memoir, so I just sat down and wrote. While writing this book, I found myself craving to feel hungry again, and with that came misery. The old habits of anorexia truly never leave. They linger around waiting for the chance to pounce again. I think that both my parents being artists of sorts gave me an interesting view of life. We were totally allowed our freedom and they gave us their trust. As I was being rushed to the hospital staring at three of my severed fingers floating in ice water, I couldn’t believe what just happened. At age twenty-four, I was pretty, thin, and working as a line cook among Hollywood’s elite. I was about to get married, but it all came to a screeching halt in 1980, when I severed three of my fingers in an industrial Cuisinart in the kitchen where I worked. I describe my journey through the most difficult time of my life: suffering from anorexia and living with a disability. How could my life continue after losing three of my precious fingers, and on my right hand, no less? Miraculously, I pulled myself out of anorexia by finally seeing my body as it really was. I began to slowly heal, though it took almost thirty-one more years. I read self-help books, recited affirmations, and began to seriously search for the missing piece of my heart. This is my account of being a woman in a male-dominated industry, complete with a complicated relationship with food and a man, resulting in a long self-destructive streak. I have been cooking for thirty-eight years professionally, including an apprenticeship in 1980 with Wolfgang Puck, ultimately becoming his head chef at Spago, Sunset. “I can’t wait to read anything that she writes.” – Marc Vetri, Philadelphia restaurateur, named one of the Top Ten Chefs in America

Between Bites

Author: James Villas

Publisher: Wiley

Published: 2002-04-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780471214205

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Praise for Between Bites Memoirs of a Hungry Hedonist "An incredible journey of gastronomy by one of America's greatest journalists. Wow!"--Chef Emeril Lagasse "For anyone interested in disciplined hedonism, this gripping book reminds us where real style comes from and how it is sustained."--Jeremiah Tower "This is a wonderful book for all to cherish and enjoy--those who love gloriously meticulous writing, wit, the joy of good food from French to Southern, the love of friends who truly accept them, and the pleasure of dispute, which I intend to keep doing with Jimmy as long as he will let me. Bravo!"--Barbara Kafka "The more stubborn, persnickety, demanding, and shocking Jim Villas's opinions become in his memoirs, the funnier, more informed, and commonsensical they seem. His appetite for the good life has never flagged, and his ability to convey the highs and lows of dining out makes this book as tantalizing as a mess of spiced crabs. Like A. J. Liebling and Waverley Root, Jim Villas is not really a food writer but a great writer who revels in the joy of living well."--John Mariani

The Kitchen in the Cellar

Author: Teena Hildebrand

Publisher:

Published: 2019-11

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781733991209

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The Kitchen in the Cellar, a recipe for reinvention is a cookbook memoir filled with over 100 seasonally inspired, wine-friendly dishes for every day cooking woven into ten adventurous vignettes. As co-owner and chef of Narrow Gate Vineyards, located in the El Dorado appellation of the Sierra Foothills of Northern California, Hildebrand shares the creative recipes and wine pairings she's made and served over a 15-year span for thousands of her winery guests, friends and family. The vignettes tell of her and her husband's adventurous journey of pursuing a financially impossible dream to plant a vineyard and build a winery, and the miracles that made it become reality. Her recipe for reinvention unfolds through moving stories of their leap of faith from fashion to wine and city life to country life, while maneuvering through a constant maize of seemingly impossible-to-overcome obstacles. She weaves in her personal culinary journey, which began at age nine and was first inspired by Graham Kerr, The Galloping Gourmet. Forty-five years later she meets him in his kitchen and now writes about how his influence in her life today goes far beyond food and wine.Hers is a story of food, faith, and never giving up on dreams.

The Thoughtful Chef

Author: Lisa Stalvey Coady

Publisher:

Published: 2021-12-02

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781956406771

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This cookbook is a culmination of all thoughtfully prepared recipes. There's a wide variety of recipes which include flavored butters, vegetables, grains, pastas, soups, eggs, vegan, vegetarian, salad dressings, salads, and sweets. I've created over thousands of recipes over the last forty plus years of cooking professionally, except for the baked goods. Baking was something that came way later which would become a business called Butter Barn Butter. Using gluten free, organic cane and brown sugars, grass fed, or organic butter and pasture eggs are the key to a better tasting treat, not to mention the love and passion my team puts into baking them. I am a simple chef. I'm not the deconstruction chef. I'm not the meticulously placed items with tweezers chef. I am a don't -mess -around -with -the -food -too -much chef! I want all my food to be colorful and pleasing to the eyes, easy and quick to prepare and tasty as well. I've been told that my sweets satisfy my customers craving after a few bites which was my goal originally. I tell people to cut them into pieces, bag them and freeze them. When they crave a sweet, grab one and eat it frozen. It's a great way to satisfy that sweet tooth. I am passionate and thoughtful when I cook, and I make sure my energy is always in a giving place. You may think that sounds silly, but if you're sick, unhappy, angry, etc., don't cook! I've been told that people who eat my food feel great afterwards because I truly believe having good energy while cooking makes all the difference in how the food tastes and makes one feel. Always remember where your food came from as well. Remember all the hardworking farmers, the pickers, the fisherman, the truckers, people who sail a shipping container across the ocean, the packers, and many other people who got the food to the stores for you to enjoy and prepare.

By the Smoke and the Smell

Author: Thad Vogler

Publisher: Ten Speed Press

Published: 2017-09-12

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 0399578617

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Spirits expert Thad Vogler, owner of the James Beard Award–winning Bar Agricole, takes readers around the world, celebrating the vivid characters who produce hand-made spirits like rum, scotch, cognac, and mezcal. From the mountains of Mexico and the forbidden distilleries of Havana, to the wilds of Scotland and the pastoral corners of France and beyond, this adventure will change how you think about your drink. Thad Vogler is one of the most important people in the beverage industry today. He’s a man on a mission to bring “grower spirits”—spirits with provenance, made in the traditional way by individuals rather than by mass conglomerates—to the public eye, before they disappear completely. We care so much about the food we eat: how it is made, by whom, and where. Yet we are far less careful about the spirits we drink, often allowing the biggest brands with the most marketing dollars to control the narrative. In By the Smoke and the Smell, Vogler is here to set the record straight. This remarkable memoir is the first book to ask the tough questions about the booze industry: where our spirits come from, who makes them, and at what cost. By the Smoke and the Smell is also a celebration of the people and places behind the most singular, life-changing spirits on earth. Vogler takes us to Normandy, where we drink calvados with lovable Vikings; to Cuba, a country where Vogler lived for a time, and that has so much more to offer than cigars, classic cars, and mojitos; to the jagged cliffs and crystal-clear lochs of Scotland; to Northern Ireland, Oaxaca, Armagnac, Cognac, Kentucky, and California. Alternately hilarious and heartfelt, Vogler’s memoir will open your eyes to the rich world of traditional, small-scale distilling—and in the process, it will completely change the way you think about and buy spirits.

My American Dream

Author: Lidia Matticchio Bastianich

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2018-04-03

Total Pages: 379

ISBN-13: 1524731625

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For decades, beloved chef Lidia Bastianich has introduced Americans to Italian food through her cookbooks, TV shows, and restaurants. Now she tells her own story for the first time in this “memoir as rich and complex as her mushroom ragú" (O, the Oprah Magazine). Born in Pula, on the Istrian peninsula, Lidia grew up surrounded by love and security, learning the art of Italian cooking from her beloved grandmother. But when Istria was annexed by a communist regime, Lidia’s family fled to Trieste, where they spent two years in a refugee camp waiting for visas to enter the United States. When she finally arrived in New York, Lidia soon began working in restaurants, the first step on a path that led to her becoming one of the most revered chefs and businesswomen in the country. Heartwarming, deeply personal, and powerfully inspiring, My American Dream is the story of Lidia’s close-knit family and her dedication and endless passion for food.

A Guy's Guide to Being a Man's Man

Author: Frank Vincent

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2007-01-02

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 1440623694

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These days, it’s harder than ever to know how to act like a real man. We’re not talking about the touchy-feely, ultra-sensitive, emotion-sharing, not-afraid-to-cry version of manhood that Oprah and Dr. Phil have been spouting for years. We’re talking about the though, smart, confident, charming, classy, all-around good fella that upholds the true ideal of what is known as “a man’s man.” Now, renowned actor and true-life man’s man Frank Vincent, famed for his unforgettable tough-guy roles in such classic films as Raging Bull, Goodfellas and HBO’s The Sopranos, is going to show how any man can be all that he can be in love, work, play, and life. Everything you need to know is covered here, including, getting the best women by being the best man, dressing like a champ and taking on the world, winning big money and big respect in Las Vegas, selecting, smoking, and savoring a great cigar, and much more. If you want to learn how to be a man’s man, you gotta learn from a man’s man. And with the great Frank Vincent vouching for you, you’ll be on your way to getting everything you ever wanted outta life.

Virtus

Author: H. Ronnes

Publisher: Uitgeverij Verloren

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9087046553

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A Room of One's Own

Author: Virginia Woolf

Publisher: Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

Published: 2023-03-07

Total Pages: 123

ISBN-13: 9356843384

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A Room of One’s Own is an essay written by Virginia Woolf. It was published in 1929 and is based on two lectures given by the author in 1928 at two colleges for women at Cambridge. In this famous essay, Woolf addressed the status of women, and women artists in particular. In this essay, the author also asserts that a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write. According to Woolf, women’s creativity has been curtailed due to centuries of prejudice and financial and educational disadvantages. To emphasize her view, she offers the example of an imaginary gifted but uneducated sister of William Shakespeare, who, discouraged from all eventually kills herself. Woolf celebrates the work of women who have overcome that tradition and become writers, including Jane Austen, George Eliot, and the Brontë sisters, Anne, Charlotte, and Emily. In the final section Woolf suggests that great minds are neutral and argues that intellectual freedom requires financial freedom. The author entreats her audience to write not only fiction but poetry, criticism, and scholarly works as well.