Renton Technical College Library

Cooks Biographies

 

Websites
 
StarChefs.com
Links to web pages, recipes and biographies of 100 famous chefs.
 
In Seattle's Kitchens, 6 Degrees
Seattle Times article (November 18, 2007) on local chefs and restaurants. 
 
 
Below are just a sampling of Renton Technical College library materials 
containing cooks biographies.
 
Baker-Clark, C.A. (2006). Profiles from the kitchen: What great cooks 
     have taught us about ourselves and our food. Lexington, KY: University 
     Press of Kentucky.
Call number:    641.5092273 Baker-C 2006.
 
Bourdain, A. (2000). Kitchen confidential : adventures in the culinary
       underbelly.  New York: Bloomsbury.
Call number:        641.5092 BOURDAI 2000
 
Brandon, R. (2004). The people's chef: The Culinary Revolutions of Alexis Soyer.
        New York: Walker. 
Call number:	641.5092 BRANDON 2004
 
 Child, J. & Barr, N.V. (1995).  In Julia's kitchen with master chefs.
            New York: Knopf. 
Call number:  641.5973 CHILD 1995i
 
 Claiborne, C. (1982). Craig Claiborne's A feast made for laughter. 
            Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday 
Call number:  641.5092 CLAIBO 1982
 
Clark, Gillian. (2007). Out of the frying pan: A chef's memoir of hot kitchens,
	single motherhood, and the family meal. New York: St. Martin's Press.
Call number:  641.5092 CLARK 2007
 
 Clark, R. (1993). James Beard : a biography.  New York: HarperCollins
Call number:  641.5092 CLARK 1993
 
 Clark, R. (1996). The solace of food: a life of James Beard. South
            Royalton, Vt. : Steerforth Press.
 Call number:  641.5092 CLARK 1996
 
 Clayton, B. (1993). Bernard Clayton's cooking across America : cooking
       with more than 100 of North America's best cooks and 250 of
       their favorite recipes. New York: Simon & Schuster.
Call number:  641.509227 CLAYTON 1993
 
 Davis, D.  (1999). If you can stand the heat : tales from chefs &
            Restaurateurs. New York: Penguin Books.   
Call number:  641.5092 DAVIS-D 1999
 
Finigan, R. (2006). Corks & Forks: Thirty years of wine and food. Emeryville, CA: 
	Shoemaker & Hoard. 
Call Number:  641.013 FINIGAN 2006.
  
Fitch, N. R. (1997) Appetite for life: the biography of Julia Child. New York: 
	Doubleday.  
Call number:  641.5092 FITCH 1997
  
Franey, P., Flaste, R. & Miller, B.  (1994). A chef's tale : a memoir
            of food, France, and America. New York: A.A. Knopf.
Call number:  641.5092 FRANEY 1994
 
Ferrary, J. (2004). Out of the kitchen. McKinleyville, CA: John Daniels
Call number:  641.30092 FERRARY 2004
 
Hamilton, D. and P. Kuh, Eds. (2007). Chef's story: 27 chefs talk about what
	got them into the kitchen.  New York: Harper Collins.
Call number: 641.5092 CHEFS 2007
 
Irvine, R. (2007). Mission, cook! New York: Harper Collins. 
Call number:  641.59 IRVINE 2007
 
Jones, E. (1992). Epicurean delight : the life and times of James
            Beard.  New York: Simon & Schuster.
Call number:  641.5092 JONES 1992
 
Jones, J.  (2007). The tenth muse: My life in food. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
Call number: 641.5092 JONES 2007
 
LaFemina, J. (2006). A man & his meatballs: The hilarious but true story of a 
	self-taught chef and restaurateur.  New York: Harper Collins. 
Call number:  641.5945 LAFEMIN 2006. 
 
Lee, S. (2007). Made from Scratch. Des Moines, IA: Meredith.
Call number:  641.5092 LEE-S 2007. 
 
Mannke, J. and J. DeMers. (2007).  Wanderlust: The life of a globetrotting chef. 
	Houston, TX : Bistro Le Cep. 
 
McNamee, T. (2007). Alice Waters and Chez Panisse. New York: Penguin. 
Call number:  641.5092 MCNAMEE 2007. 
  
Mendelson, A. (1996).  Stand facing the stove : the story of the women
            who gave America the Joy of cooking. New York: H. Holt.
Call number:  641.5092273 MENDEL 1996
 
 Moore, J. (1997). Never eat your heart out.  New York: Farrar, Straus
            & Giroux
Call number:  641.5092 MOORE 1997
 
Olney, R. (2005). Reflexions. New York: Brick Tower Press. 
 
Pender, Jesse. (2007). From a cat house to the White House: The story of 
	an African-American chef. Baltimore, MD: PublishAmerica.
 
Ramsey, G. ( 2007). Roasting in Hell's Kitchen: Temper tantrums, F words, 
	and the pursuit of perfection.  New York: Harper.
Call Number: 641.5092 RAMSAY 2007
 
Ruhlman, M. (2000). The soul of a chef : the journey toward perfection.
            New York: Viking  
Call number:  641.5092 RUHLMAN 2000
  
Ruhlman, M. (1997).  The making of a chef : mastering heat at the 
            Culinary Institute of America.  New York: Henry Holt. 
Call number:  641.5092 RUHLMAN 1997
 
Simpson, N. (2006). Gordon Ramsay: The biography. London: John Blake. 
Call number: 641.5092 SIMPSON 2006
 
Smith, G. (2006). Jamie Oliver: Turning up the heat: A biography. London: 
	Andre Deutsch.
Call number: 641.5092 SMITH 2006
 
Sanger, M.B. (1976). Escoffier: Master chef. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux.
Call number:  641.5092 SANGER 1976
 
Tower, J.  (2004). California dish. New York: Free Press.
Call number: 641.5092 TOWER 2004
 
Turner, M. T. (2004). Emeril: Inside the amazing success of today's most 
	popular chef.  Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. 
Call number: 641.5092 TURNER 2004
 
White, M. P. & J. Stein. (2007). The devil in the kitchen: Sex, pain, madness,
	and the making of a great chef. New York: Bloomsbury. 
Call number:  641.5092 WHITE 2007. 
 

 

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