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Recipes and Stories from the Pop-Up Restaurants of Ludo Lefebvre
Ecco
October 2012
On Sale: October 9, 2012
384 pages ISBN: 0062114832 EAN: 9780062114839 Kindle: B007JLD26W Paperback / e-Book
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Cookbooks | Non-Fiction Cooking / Food
The cookbook chronicles of the visionary, charismatic chef
Ludo Lefebvre and his cult hitpop-up restaurant, LudoBites,
worshiped by critics and foodies alike. Ludo Lefebvre
is a culinary prodigy who worked at his first three-star
Michelin restaurant at age fourteen. By twenty-five he was
running his own kitchen in Los Angeles—winning accolades for
serving the most imaginative, forward-thinking food the city
had ever seen. In 2007, he traded fine dining—with its
endless pomp and bottomless resources—for the freedom to
cook outside the box, even if it meant sacrificing his
skilled kitchen brigade and drafting an eight-year-old to
clean green beans and separate eggs. The result was
LudoBites, a "touring" restaurant that, like a rock 'n' roll
band, roved the streets of Los Angeles, playing to different
sold-out crowds every four months, bringing together
old-money customers with a new generation of ambitious
eaters who cram in elbow to elbow and cheek to cheek for the
chance to sample Lefebvre's inspired, wildly imaginative
food. LudoBites is the chronicle of that
journey. Each chapter showcases the story and the
outrageously inventive food of the seven different LudoBites
incarnations, featuring recipes that merge the techniques
Lefebvre perfected in his years at the finest French
restaurants with the simplicity forced upon him by the
limits of a pop-up kitchen. Essays prefacing each
chapter give an unprecedented glimpse into the mind of "the
chef of the future" (Time), a culinary genius who
breaks all the rules, and beautiful, full-color photographs
offer behind-the-scenes glimpses of the pain, drama, and
triumph inherent in his creative process. As innovative and
inviting as the unique chef it captures, LudoBites
is a fascinating look at food and a revolutionary new way of
cooking.
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