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Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Marcus Samuelsson was only three years old when he, his mother, and his sister--all battling tuberculosis--walked 75 miles to a hospital in the Ethiopian capital. His mother succumbed to the disease shortly after she arrived, but Marcus and his sister recovered, and one year later, they were welcomed into a loving middle-class white family in Gothenburg, Sweden. It was there that Marcus's new grandmother, Helga, sparked in him a lifelong passion for...
Author
Lexile measure
1080L
Language
English
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Description
In this inspirational autobiography, world-famous chef and owner of Red Rooster Harlem, Marcus Samuelsson tells his extraordinary story and encourages young people to embrace their mistakes and follow their dreams. Based on his highly praised adult memoir, Yes, Chef, this young adult edition includes an 8-page black-and-white family photo insert.
Marcus Samuelsson’s life and his journey to the top of the food world have been
Author
Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
Description
By the time he was twenty-seven years old, Kwame Onwuachi (winner of the 2019 James Beard Foundation Award for Rising Star Chef of the Year) had opened-and closed-one of the most talked about restaurants in America. He had launched his own catering company with twenty thousand dollars that he made from selling candy on the subway, yet he'd been told he would never make it on television because his cooking wasn't “Southern” enough. In this inspiring...
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