Good taste : a life of food and passion / Alain Ducasse ; with introductions by Jay McInerney and Clare Smyth ; translated by Polly Mackintosh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ducasse, Alain, author.

Contributor:

McInerney, Jay, writer of introduction.

Smyth, Clare (Chef), writer of introduction.

Mackintosh, Polly, translator.

James Samuel Blank Fund.

Standardized Title:

Vie de goúts et de passions. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Ducasse, Alain.

Cooks--France--Biography.

Cooks.

France.

Genre:

Biographies

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 164 pages, 8 unnumbered pages plates : illustrations (color) ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Gallic Books, 2023.

Summary:

"A memoir and manifesto from the world's most Michelin starred chef, Alain Ducasse, with introductions by internationally renowned writer Jay McInerney and chef Clare Smyth. At twelve years old, Alain Ducasse had never been to a restaurant. Less than fifteen years later, he received his first Michelin star. Today he is one of just two chefs to have been awarded twenty-one stars. Now, for the very first time, Ducasse shares a lifetime of culinary inspirations and passions in a book that is part memoir and part manifesto. Good Taste takes us on a journey from his childhood, where he picked mushrooms with his grandfather on a farm in Les Landes, to setting up groundbreaking schools and restaurants across the world. He is now taking off his chef's whites and passing on what he knows to the next generation. Ducasse writes a poignant ode to the humble vegetables that have inspired his entire cuisine and to the masters that guided him along the way, from Paris to New York to Tokyo. As he looks to the future, he reflects on just what 'good taste' means"--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Earth and wood

Learning, teaching

Mediterranean ventures

Paris, New York and Tokyo

The factories

The Maison du Peuple.

Notes:

First published as Une vie de goûts et de passions by JC Lattès, 2022.

Translated from French.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Samuel Blank Fund.

ISBN:

1913547671

9781913547677

OCLC:

1378292995

Publisher Number:

99996477932