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Author:
Dominique Crenn, Emma Brockes
Publisher:
Penguin Press
Date:
June 9, 2020
By the time Dominique Crenn decided to become a chef, at the age of twenty-one, she knew it was an impossible dream in France where almost all restaurant kitchens were run by men. So, she left her home to move to San Francisco, where she would train under the legendary Jeremiah Tower. Almost thirty years later, Crenn became the first female chef in the United States to be awarded three Michelin Stars in 2018 for her influential restaurant Atelier Crenn.
What The Reviewers Say
...confidence and bravado resonate throughout Crenn’s high-spirited memoir.
...the story here is less about food than about Crenn’s confidence: where it came from and what it has allowed her to achieve.
Crenn is clear about the issues facing women who work in the culinary world—and is always an advocate for the different and the unusual. With her facing a diagnosis of an aggressive form of breast cancer at book’s end, readers of all ages and genders will wish her the very best. Spirited and inspiring..
Engaging and candid, this memoir offers a glimpse into a unique life as the author eloquently articulates the artistic, social, and political vision behind her daring, award-winning cuisine.
