{"product_id":"whats-good-a-memoir-in-fourteen-ingredients-paperback","title":"What's Good?: A Memoir in Fourteen Ingredients - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Hoffman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA culinary pioneer blends memoir with a joyful inquiry into the ingredients he uses and their origins in \u003ci\u003eWhat's Good?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eForeword by \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Adam Gopnik\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What goes into the making of a chef, a restaurant, a dish? And if good ingredients make a difference on the plate, what makes them good in the first place? In his highly anticipated first book, influential chef Peter Hoffman offers thoughtful and delectable answers to these questions. \"A locavore before the word existed\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e), Hoffman tells the story of his upbringing, professional education, and evolution as a chef and restaurant owner through its components--everything from the importance of your relationship with your refrigerator repairman and an account of how a burger killed his restaurant, to his belief in peppers as a perfect food, one that is adaptable to a wide range of cultural tastes and geographic conditions and reminds us to be glad we are alive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Along with these personal stories from a life in restaurants, Hoffman braids in passionately curious explorations into the cultural, historical, and botanical backstories of the foods we eat. Beginning with a spring maple sap run and ending with the late-season, frost-defying vegetables, he follows the progress of the seasons and their reflections in his greenmarket favorites, moving ingredient to ingredient through the bounty of the natural world. Hoffman meets with farmers and vendors and unravels the magic of what we eat, deepening every cook's appreciation for what's on their kitchen counter. \u003ci\u003eWhat's Good? \u003c\/i\u003eis a layered, insightful, and utterly enjoyable meal.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chef \u003cb\u003ePeter Hoffman\u003c\/b\u003e is the curious cook's cook. As the former chef-owner of Savoy and Back Forty restaurants, he trailblazed farm-to-table cooking in New York City. His opinion pieces have been published in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEdible Manhattan\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFood \u0026amp; Wine\u003c\/i\u003e. Hoffman served on the boards of the Greenmarket and Chefs Collaborative and received the Slow Food NYC Snailblazer Award. On most market days he can be found on his bicycle, foraging the Union Square Greenmarket for the best in seasonal ingredients and partaking in its \"village green\" community life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.93 x 8.75 x 5.54 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 25, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765598912800,"sku":"9781419762345","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/fcbcb86c3571d9ee84cddb2c53f76035.webp?v=1780274529","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/whats-good-a-memoir-in-fourteen-ingredients-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}