Gabrielle Hamilton (chef)
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Gabrielle Hamilton is an American chef
and author
. She is the chef/owner of Prune, a restaurant in New York City
, and the author of Blood, Bones, and Butter, a memoir
. Michiko Kakutani
, reviewing Hamilton's book in the New York Times in February 2011 calls it "brilliantly written." Anthony Bourdain
describes it as "Simply the best memoir by a chef ever." Hamilton received her MFA in creative writing from the University of Michigan
and received the James Beard
award for best chef.
Chef
A chef is a person who cooks professionally for other people. Although over time the term has come to describe any person who cooks for a living, traditionally it refers to a highly skilled professional who is proficient in all aspects of food preparation.-Etymology:The word "chef" is borrowed ...
and author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
. She is the chef/owner of Prune, a restaurant in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, and the author of Blood, Bones, and Butter, a memoir
Memoir
A memoir , is a literary genre, forming a subclass of autobiography – although the terms 'memoir' and 'autobiography' are almost interchangeable. Memoir is autobiographical writing, but not all autobiographical writing follows the criteria for memoir set out below...
. Michiko Kakutani
Michiko Kakutani
is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning critic for The New York Times and is considered by many to be a leading literary critic in the United States.-Life and career:...
, reviewing Hamilton's book in the New York Times in February 2011 calls it "brilliantly written." Anthony Bourdain
Anthony Bourdain
Anthony Michael "Tony" Bourdain is an American chef, author and television personality. He is well known for his 2000 book Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly, and is the host of Travel Channel's culinary and cultural adventure program Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations.A...
describes it as "Simply the best memoir by a chef ever." Hamilton received her MFA in creative writing from the University of Michigan
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
and received the James Beard
James Beard
James Andrew Beard was an American chef and food writer. The central figure in the story of the establishment of a gourmet American food identity, Beard was an eccentric personality who brought French cooking to the American middle and upper classes in the 1950s...
award for best chef.
Works
External links
- Cooking With Words - Frank Bruni in The New York Times Sunday Book Review