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description: Niki Nakayama: A Chef's Tale in 13 Bites is a picture book biography that tells the story of the female Japanese-American chef and her rise to fameAs a child and adult Niki faced many naysayers in her pursuit of haute cuisine. Using the structure of a traditional kaiseki meal the authors Debbi Michiko Florence and Jamie Michalak detail Niki's hunger for success in thirteen bites -- from wonton wrappers she used to make pizza as a kid to yuzu-tomatillo sauce in her own upscale Los Angeles Michelin-starred restaurant n/naka.To anyone who tells her a woman can't be a master chef Niki lets her food do the talking. And oh does it talk.
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title: Niki Nakayama: A Chef's Tale in 13 Bites
publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux