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Chargement... Eat a Peach: A Memoir (édition 2020)par David Chang (Auteur)
Information sur l'oeuvreEat a Peach: A Memoir par David Chang
   Asia (92) Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre.  greeniezona | Feb 9, 2024 |    ) slittleson | Feb 2, 2024 | There's also commentary of course, on perceptions, on being an Asian American guy who didn't necessarily fit the "smart" stereotype but was also driven to prove himself, to subvert expectations on dining and do something new with each property, etc. as well as taking criticisms of the restaurant personally (see aforementioned anger, where fuck ups in the kitchen were affronts to not just the restaurant but to himself). There's a common phrasing that depression is anger turned inwards, and I wouldn't be surprised if that connection was there here. (  ) Daumari | Dec 28, 2023 | What I liked: *I appreciated a memoir by someone who isn't immediately recognizable. Those who watch Ugly Delicious or are familiar with Momofuku will know David Chang...but many will not. *I loved David's honesty about his bipolar disorder and his manic episodes. To admit that it is still a recurring problem--a demon he lives with constantly--is refreshing. *Insight into how his kitchen handled #Metoo and being honest with how the food industry has room to grow. *His relationship with Anthony Bourdain and Christina Tosi What I disliked: *I didn't want so much of a history into every single restaurant he opened. I wanted more about food. I wanted pictures I could smell and taste. I didn't get that. *The book felt all over the place. Timeline bounced around. Writing style did not flow as I wanted it too. Again, that might be a preference thing. Honestly, as I read it, I felt I was reading David Chang's stream of consciousness much like Matthew McConaughey's Greenlights. *I struggle with the "likability" factor. That does not feel completely fair to say. But I feel like I didn't LIKE David Chang. (Maybe I'm comparing him to, say, Ree Drummond, whose book I also finished this month. Her book felt like a coffee date with your best friend--David Chang felt unapproachable.) As you can see. The book definitely was a mixed bag for me. Sometimes that happens even in my beloved food memoir world. ( ) msgabbythelibrarian | Jun 11, 2023 | Unfortunately, I had the sense that the book he wanted to write and the book his publisher wanted to publish, were two different books. The more the book progressed, the less it was about Chang and the more it was a guide to success in the restaurant business/becoming a chef. It was then that it became muddy and less interesting to me. The deeper into the book you went, the less personal it got. Also, Chang basically seems like, well, kinda of an asshole. He admits it. He runs on anger to some degree. He has insight into it, but it didn't make him any more likeable. The final note he leaves the reader with is an afterword that references the pandemic. He prognosticates what might happen in 2035 in the world . . .the possible best case and the possible worst case. In my mind, he should stick to cooking. ( ) Anita_Pomerantz | Mar 23, 2023 | aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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Biography & Autobiography.
Cooking & Food.
Nonfiction.
HTML:NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ? From the chef behind Momofuku and star of Netflix??s Ugly Delicious??an intimate account of the making of a chef, the story of the modern restaurant world that he helped shape, and how he discovered that success can be much harder to understand than failure. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR ? Fortune ? Parade ? The New York Public Library ? Garden & Gun In 2004, Momofuku Noodle Bar opened in a tiny, stark space in Manhattan??s East Village. Its young chef-owner, David Chang, worked the line, serving ramen and pork buns to a mix of fellow restaurant cooks and confused diners whose idea of ramen was instant noodles in Styrofoam cups. It would have been impossible to know it at the time??and certainly Chang would have bet against himself??but he, who had failed at almost every endeavor in his life, was about to become one of the most influential chefs of his generation, driven by the question, ??What if the underground could become the mainstream?? Chang grew up the youngest son of a deeply religious Korean American family in Virginia. Graduating college aimless and depressed, he fled the States for Japan, hoping to find some sense of belonging. While teaching English in a backwater town, he experienced the highs of his first full-blown manic episode, and began to think that the cooking and sharing of food could give him both purpose and agency in his life. Full of grace, candor, grit, and humor, Eat a Peach chronicles Chang??s switchback path. He lays bare his mistakes and wonders about his extraordinary luck as he recounts the improbable series of events that led him to the top of his profession. He wrestles with his lifelong feelings of otherness and inadequacy, explores the mental illness that almost killed him, and finds hope in the shared value of deliciousness. Along the way, Chang gives us a penetrating look at restaurant life, in which he balances his deep love for the kitchen with unflinching honesty about the industry??s history of brutishnes Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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I probably should have skipped it. Look, the main problem is, I had no idea who Chang was when I started this, and had never heard of his restaurants. I got the feeling I was supposed to be super impressed by him, and I just wasn't. In fact, the lasting impression I had of this book after finishing it was that I wished Chang had taken better ownership of his anger issues.
I've already given my copy away to someone who does know who he is, so hopefully they may enjoy it better. (