At the chef's table : culinary creativity in elite restaurants / Vanina Leschziner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leschziner, Vanina, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Celebrity chefs--United States.

Celebrity chefs.

Creative ability in cooking--United States.

Creative ability in cooking.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work is about the creative work of chefs at top restaurants in New York and San Francisco. Based on interviews with chefs and observation in restaurant kitchens, the book explores the question of how and why chefs make choices about the dishes they put on their menus. It answers this question by examining a whole range of areas, including chefs' careers, restaurant ratings and reviews, social networks, how chefs think about food and go about creating new dishes, and how status influences their work and careers.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""1. Exploring the World of Elite Chefs""; ""2. Career Paths in High Cuisine""; ""3. Categories and Classifications in Cuisine""; ""4. Managing a Culinary Style""; ""5. Cognitive Patterns and Work Processes in Cooking""; ""6. Culinary Styles and Principles of Creation""; ""7. Mapping Out Creative Patterns""; ""Methodological Appendix""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780804795494

0804795495

OCLC:

932322675