This page contains information on reoccurring culinary research questions.
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Cooks Biographies
Websites
StarChefs.com has links to web pages, a recipe database, and biographies of 100 famous chefs.
Finding Articles
Try ProQuest for chef profiles published in magazines and papers. For help with searching ProQuest, try the Articles tab above, visit the library and ask at the counter for help, or call us at (425) 235-2331. Additionally, more articles, eBooks, and encyclopedias, are available through our Online Databases page.
Finding Books
Below are just a sampling of Renton Technical College library materials containing cooks biographies. To see more information about a book copy the title into this OneSearch box
Andrews, Colman. (2011). Ferran: The inside story of El Bulli and the man who reinvented food. (2012). New York: Gotham. 647.95092 FERRAN 2011
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. 641.5092273 Baker-C 2006.
Beck, S. & Patterson, S. (1993). Food and friends: Recipes and memories from Simca's Cuisine. New York: Penguin.
641.5944092 BECK-S 1993
Bourdain, A. (2000). Kitchen confidential: adventures in the culinary underbelly. New York: Bloomsbury.
641.5092 BOURDAI 2000
Bourdain, A. (2010). Medium raw: A bloody valentine to the world of food and the people who cook. New York: Harper Collins. 641.5092 BOURDAI 2010
Brandon, R. (2004). The people's chef: The Culinary Revolutions of Alexis Soyer. New York: Walker.
641.5092 BRANDON 2004
Child, J. & Barr, N.V. (1995). In Julia's kitchen with master chefs. New York: Knopf.
641.5973 CHILD 1995i
Choi, R. (2013). L.A. son: My life, my city, my food. New York: Ecco.
641.59519 CHOI-R 2013
Claiborne, C. (1982). Craig Claiborne's A feast made for laughter. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday.
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. 641.5092 CLARK 2007
Clark, R. (1993). James Beard: a biography. New York: HarperCollins.
641.5092 CLARK 1993
Clark, R. (1996). The solace of food: a life of James Beard. South Royalton, Vt.: Steerforth Press.
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. 641.509227 CLAYTON 1993
Ferrary, J. (2004). Out of the kitchen. McKinleyville, CA: John Daniels
641.30092 FERRARY 2004
Finigan, R. (2006). Corks & Forks: Thirty years of wine and food. Emeryville, CA: Shoemaker & Hoard.
641.013 FINIGAN 2006.
Fisher, MFK. (1988). How to cook a wolf. New York: North Point Press.
641.013 FISHER 1988
Fisher. M.F.K. (2010). With bold knife and fork. Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint.
641.5 FISHER 2010
Fitch, N. R. (1997) Appetite for life: the biography of Julia Child. New York: Doubleday.
641.5092 FITCH 1997
Geraci, V.W. (2001). Icons of American Cooking. Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood.
641.5092 ICONS 2011a
Hamilton, D. and P. Kuh, Eds. (2007). Chef's story: 27 chefs talk about what got them into the kitchen. New York: Harper Collins. 641.5092 CHEFS 2007
Hamilton, Gabrielle. (2012). Blood, bones, and butter: The inadvertent education of a reluctant chef. New York: Random House. 641.5095 HAMILTO 2012
Huang, Eddie (2013). Fresh off the boat. New York: Spiegel & Grau.
647.95092 HUANG 2013
Irvine, R. (2007). Mission, cook!: my life, my recipes, and making the impossible easy. New York: Harper Collins.
641.59 IRVINE 2007
Jones, E. (1992). Epicurean delight: the life and times of James Beard. New York: Simon & Schuster.
641.5092 JONES 1992
Jones, J. (2007). The tenth muse: My life in food. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
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. 641.5945 LAFEMIN 2006.
Lee, S. (2007). Made from Scratch: a memoir. Des Moines, IA: Meredith.
641.5092 LEE-S 2007
Levicky, Pierre. (2008). Cooking Life: The Story of Pierre Victoire. Central Milton Keynes, UK: AuthorHOUSE.
641.5092 LEVICKY 2008
Liebrandt, Paul & A. Friedman. (2013). To the Bone. New York: Clarkson Potter.
641.5092 LIEBRAN 2013
Lin-Liu, J. (2008). Serve the people: A stir-fried journey through China. Orlando, FL: Harcourt.
641.5951095 Lin-Liu 2008
McNamee, T. (2007). Alice Waters & Chez Panisse: the romantic, impractical, often eccentric, ultimately brilliant making of a food revolution. New York: Penguin. 641.5092 MCNAMEE 2007
Newkey-Burden, C. (2009). Heston Blumenthal: The biography of the world's most brilliant master chef. London: John Blake. 641.5092 NEWKEY 2009
Olney, R. (2005). Reflexions. New York: Brick Tower Press.
641.5092 OLNEY 2005
Pender, Jesse. (2007). From a cat house to the White House: The story of an African-American chef. Baltimore, MD: PublishAmerica. 641.5092 PENDER 2007
Ramsey, G. ( 2007). Roasting in Hell's Kitchen: Temper tantrums, F words, and the pursuit of perfection. New York: Harper. 641.5092 RAMSAY 2007
Ruhlman, M. (2000). The soul of a chef: the journey toward perfection. New York: Viking.
641.5092 RUHLMAN 2000
Samuelsson, M. (2013). Yes, Chef. New York: Random House.
641.5092 SAMUELS 2013
Sanger, M.B. (1976). Escoffier: Master chef. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux.
641.5092 SANGER 1976
Simpson, N. (2006). Gordon Ramsay: The biography. London: John Blake.
641.5092 SIMPSON 2006
Smith, G. (2006). Jamie Oliver: Turning up the heat: A biography. London: Andre Deutsch.
641.5092 SMITH 2006
Smith, G. (2008). The Jamie Oliver effect: the man: the food: the revolution. London: Andre Deutsch.
641.5092 SMITH 2008
Tower, J. (2004). California dish: what I saw (and cooked) at the American culinary revolution. New York: Free Press.
641.5092 TOWER 2004
Von Bremzen, A. (2013). Mastering the art of Soviet cooking: A memoir of food and longing. New York: Crown.
641.5092 VONBREM 2013.
Weaver, Jim. (2012). Locavore adventures: One chef's slow food journey. New Brunswick, NJ: Rivergate.
641.5092 WEAVER 2012
White, M. P. & J. Stein. (2007). The devil in the kitchen: Sex, pain, madness, and the making of a great chef. New York: Bloomsbury.
641.5092 WHITE 2007
Winter, James & J. Bulmer. (2010). Chef!: 20 great British chefs, 100 great British recipes. Bath (UK): Absolute Press.
641.5941 WINTER 2010