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Talking With My Mouth Full
Gail Simmons
My Life as a Professional Eater
Hyperion
March 2012
On Sale: February 21, 2012
288 pages
ISBN: 1401324509
EAN: 9781401324506
Kindle: B0072M0X74
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Non-Fiction Cooking / Food | Non-Fiction Memoir
When Top Chef judge Gail Simmons first graduated from
college, she felt hopelessly lost. All her friends were
going to graduate school, business school, law school . . .
but what was she going to do? Fortunately, a family friend
gave her some invaluable advice—make a list of what you love
to do, and let that be your guide. Gail wrote down four words: Eat. Write. Travel. Cook. Little did she know, those four words would become the basis
for a career as a professional eater, cook, food critic,
magazine editor, and television star. Today, she's the host
of Top Chef: Just Desserts, permanent judge on Top
Chef, and Special Projects Director at Food &
Wine magazine. She travels all over the world, eats
extraordinary food, and meets fascinating people. She's
living the dream that so many of us who love to cook and eat
can only imagine. But how did she get there? Talking with My Mouth Full follows her unusual and
inspiring path to success, step-by-step and bite-by-bite. It
takes the reader from her early years, growing up in a
household where her mother ran a small cooking school, her
father made his own wine, and family vacation destinations
included Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East; through
her adventures at culinary school in New York City and
training as an apprentice in two of New York's most
acclaimed kitchens; and on to her time spent assisting
Vogue's legendary food critic Jeffrey Steingarten, working
for renowned chef Daniel Boulud, and ultimately landing her
current jobs at Food & Wine and on Top Chef. The
book is a tribute to the incredible meals and mentors she's
had along the way, examining the somewhat unconventional but
always satisfying journey she has taken in order to create a
career that didn't even exist when she first started working
toward it. With memorable stories about the greatest (and worst) dishes
she's eaten, childhood and behind-the-scenes photos, and
recipes from Gail's family and her own kitchen, Talking with
My Mouth Full is a true treat.
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