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Make it messy : my perfectly imperfect life

Title
Make it messy : my perfectly imperfect life / Marcus Samuelsson with Veronica Chambers.
Author
Samuelsson, Marcus
Publication
New York : Delacorte Press, [2015]

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Additional Authors
Chambers, Veronica
Description
213 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 22 cm
Summary
A memoir from the world-famous chef describes his life as an orphan in Ethiopia, upbringing by his adoptive family in Sweden, and the cooking lessons from his adoptive grandmother that lead him to train in some of Europe's most demanding kitchens.
Subject
  • Samuelsson, Marcus
  • Cooks > United States > Biography
  • Cooks > Sweden > Biography
  • African American cooks > Biography
  • Cooks
  • African Americans > Biography
  • African American cooks
  • Sweden
  • United States
Genre/Form
  • Autobiographies.
  • Biography.
Note
  • "This work is based on Yes, Chef, ©2012 by Marcus Samuelsson Group"--Title page verso.
Contents
Part one: Being a boy. My African mother ; My Swedish mother ; Swedish fish ; Grandma Helga ; With respect to the sea ; Mats ; We've got game -- Part two: My Plan B. All chips on food ; Earning my knives ; Belle Avenue ; Switzerland ; Stocker ; Carina ; Secrets ; A promotion -- Part three: Making my dreams come true. New York ; Like that, he was gone ; Life after death ; Losing my father ; Creating my signature dish ; Back to Africa ; My fourteen-year-old self.
Call Number
Sc D 15-1692
ISBN
  • 9780385744003
  • 0385744005
  • 9780375991448
  • 0375991441
LCCN
2014017788
OCLC
880418903
Author
Samuelsson, Marcus, author.
Title
Make it messy : my perfectly imperfect life / Marcus Samuelsson with Veronica Chambers.
Publisher
New York : Delacorte Press, [2015]
Edition
First Edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Local Subject
Black author.
Added Author
Chambers, Veronica, author.
Based on (work): Samuelsson, Marcus. Yes, chef.
Research Call Number
Sc D 15-1692
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