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48
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34/100Critics
61/100Scholars
Author:
David Chang, Gabe Ulla
Publisher:
Clarkson Potter Publishers
Date:
September 8, 2020
From the chef behind Momofuku and star of Netflixâs Ugly Deliciousâan 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.
What The Reviewers Say
Chang is brutally honest and forthcoming about his up-and-down fight against depression and his ongoing struggles with anger management. It’s a success story that features plenty of misfires. The one constant throughout is a deep-seated and genuine love of cooking, both in terms of culinary exploration and cultural storytelling.
With humor, pathos and heaping spoonsful of self-deprecation, Mr. Chang covers the ins and outs, the fires and floods, that come with running a restaurant—while constantly questioning his place in the constellation of celebrity chefs.
In 2004, the chef David Chang put himself on the culinary map when he opened his first restaurant, Momofuku Noodle Bar, in Manhattan’s East Village.
I wasn’t quite sure what to expect when I started reading Dave Chang’s Eat a Peach. I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t prepared for it to be just another volume of bro-y chef glory days fueled by booze, drugs, and testosterone. But as much as this is a book about cooking, restaurants, and hospitality, it’s equally focused on the reality of grappling with mental illness, anxiety, fear, and depression. Chang’s vulnerability truly resonated with me, making this a chef memoir that I think non-food folks will find just as compelling as those familiar with the industry..
