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Subtitle: the culinary odyssey of Chef Norman Van Aken
By: Norman Van Aken
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
ISBN-13: 9781589799141
Subjects: Cooks; Biography; American Cooking
Description: Traces more than twenty years in the culinary renegade's professional life, tracing his early stints as an inexperienced short-order cook and the energy, creativity, and faith that enabled his rise to cooking stardom.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: The Triangle; title: Pre-chef; title: Deviled eggs; title: Carnival rides; title: Carny corn dogs; title: The fireside : Hainesville, 1972-73; title: Chef salad for Miss Kitty; title: The midget : Key West, 1973; title: Bicycle Sammy's potato slaw; title: The Deerpath Inn : 1973-1974; title: Toké's beef and mushroom bites; title: The Holiday Inn : Greeley, 1974; title: U.S.N. mulligatawny soup; title: The Gale Street Inn : Diamond Lake, 1975; title: Gale Street-style slaw; title: The Fox Lake Country Club : 1975-77; title: Flame on shish kabob; title: 700 Duval : Key West, 1978; title: The jar cocktail; title: The Pier House : Key West, 1978; title: The meatloaf contest; title: Shit happens; title: Tequila races salsa; title: The Port of Call : Key West, 1979; title: Oysters Remick; title: Chez Nancy : Key West, 1979-80; title: Smothered pork chops adobo; title: The Port of Call (reprise) : Key West, 1980-82; title: Tennessee's streetcar; title: Sinclair's : Lake Forest, 1982-84; title: Gordon's artichoke fritters; title: Sinclair's American Grill : Jupiter, 1985; title: Daisy Duke's papaya ice cream; title: Louie's Backyard : Key West, 1985-88; title: Beer-steamed shrimp with mojo rojo; title: Mira : Key West, 1988; title: Tuna tartare; title: Boca, Boca, Boca! : Boca Raton, 1989-90; title: Latkes with caviar and sour cream; title: A Mano : Key West, 1990-92; title: Vietnamese soft spring rolls; title: Epilogue: The triangle comes full circle.