{"product_id":"notes-from-a-young-black-chef-9780593176016","title":"Notes from a Young Black Chef","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis inspiring memoir, now adapted for young adults, chronicles Top Chef star and Forbes and Zagat 30 Under 30 phenom Kwame Onwuachi's incredible and odds-defying fame in the food world after a tough childhood in the Bronx and Nigeria.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFood was Kwame Onwuachi's first great love. He connected to cooking via his mother, in the family's modest Bronx apartment. From that spark, he launched his own catering company with twenty thousand dollars he made selling candy on the subway and trained in the kitchens of some of the most acclaimed restaurants in the country. He faced many challenges on the road to success, including breaking free of a dangerous downward spiral due to temptation and easy money, and grappling with just how unwelcoming the world of fine dining can be for people of color.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn on Long Island and raised in New York City, Nigeria, and Louisiana, Kwame Onwuachi's incredible story is one of survival and ingenuity in the face of adversity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for the adult edition of NOTES FROM A YOUNG BLACK CHEF\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Kwame Onwuachi's story shines a light on food and culture not just in American restaurants or African American communities but around the world.\" --Questlove\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Fierce and inspiring. . . . This rip-roaring tale of ambition is also a sobering account of racism in and out of the food industry.\" --\u003ci\u003eNew York Tiimes Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Kwame Onwuachi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51521001587030,"sku":"9780593176016","price":28.15,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0886\/3206\/6390\/files\/9780593176016.jpg?v=1759968505","url":"https:\/\/www.bookshop.lv\/products\/notes-from-a-young-black-chef-9780593176016","provider":"Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}