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Why I Cook

by Tom Colicchio
Will Damron
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Tom Colicchio cooked his first recipe at 13 years old—a stuffed eggplant from an issue of Cuisine magazine that he picked up out of boredom—and it changed his life.
Listeners are in for a treat as the talented Will Damron (who has read over 700 audiobooks) delivers an immersive account of Emmy Award-winning celebrity chef and beloved restaurateur Tom Colicchio's life, challenges, and success.
With warmth and tenderness, Damron navigates the extraordinary personal journey that brought Tom from his working-class Italian background in Elizabeth, New Jersey, to the award-winning kitchens of New York City's best restaurants, to the set of Top Chef and the stage of the Emmy Awards.
Through 10 memoir chapters, 60 recipes, and expertise that spans more than 40 years behind the stove, Why I Cook is the most personal look into Tom's life yet as it chronicles the dishes and memories that shaped him as a person and chef.
The audio edition of Why I Cook includes an accompanying PDF and more than 30 minutes of bonus content, where Tom shares additional reflections on his early life, its connection to his professional career, his culinary experiments, and much more.

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  • Release date

    October 8, 2024

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781668644317
      • File size: 217034 KB
      • Duration: 07:32:08

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Booklist

      September 1, 2024
      Part memoir and part cookbook, this tome will have the Top Chef host's fans engaged for the ride. Chapters are organized by the chronology of Colicchio's life in and out of the kitchen. Entrepreneurship and human behavior dominate Colicchio's rise in the restaurant industry and the trials and tribulations that emerge when friendship and business intersect. His interpersonal relationships--from love life to partnerships at Gramercy Tavern and beyond--are the heartbeat of the book, woven around a seasonal smattering of comfort recipes that he developed for home cooking and to reconnect with his family during the pandemic. An Italian American influence can be found in his grandfather's frittata and his mother's pasta with broccoli. Comfort foods such as ""Not Imitation Crab Rice"" or one-pot pork chops with cherry peppers and potatoes will please those looking to cook for loved ones. Glimpses of Colicchio in his home kitchen or cuddling family members are reminders that this foodie celebrity is human and that cooking for others is the way he gets back to what truly matters to him.

      COPYRIGHT(2024) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

    • Library Journal

      September 1, 2024

      Restaurateur and chef Colicchio, cofounder of Gramercy Tavern and author of several books including 'Wichcraft, reminisces (with the help of cowriter Joshua David Stein) on a life filled with food and family in the kitchen. Recipes are divided by season and are nestled in narrative chapters that are rich with his family's foodways and his experiences as a chef. Dishes are filled with comfort but are made sophisticated through the lens of a James Beard Award winner. Recipe introductions fit with the tone of the memoir chapters, with Colicchio sharing how and why the dishes were created. Cookbook readers and fans of culinary memoirs will devour these stories that look back at an accomplished career. Home cooks will find recipes that warm the heart and fill the table and will enjoy making their own memories over these dishes. The perfectly composed still-life photography of Evan Sung and the clean layout contribute strongly to the book's polished quality. VERDICT This cultivated collection of tales from a storied culinary career will elevate cookbook shelves and deliver lots of family meals along with hours of reading enjoyment.--Sarah Tansley

      Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Celebrity chef Tom Colicchio, who has achieved fame for his restaurants, television shows, and five James Beard Awards, turns his considerable energy to his memoir. Happily, he turned the narration over to Will Damron, who knows how to tell a story and is especially good at capturing the rhythms of the kitchen and the ways of the chef. Damron brings this food-centered story vividly to life and gets Colicchio's voice, cadence, and sometimes hectic recollections just right. His story ranges from his Jersey beginnings to his early notoriety at New York's famous Gramercy Tavern and Craft and his food-centric political causes. The author's candor is refreshing, and his favorite recipes enliven the text. He also adds his own voice in reflections he narrates. A.D.M. © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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