The Forgotten Chef by Phil May
After thirty years of traveling the roads of his own food journey, Phil wants to challenge and teach his readers to answer their own calling and embark upon their own personal food journey. The Forgotten Chef was written to challenge and encourage a younger generation of chefs to strive for a better understanding of their passion for cooking.
Whether the pursuit is to become a better home chef, enter culinary school for a career change or to become a food entrepreneur, this book will leave the reader with plenty to consider.
The book moves quickly through food stories, tips and techniques to inspire and ignite the passion of its targeted reader. Through anecdotal food related stories, the book covers important topics such as the right mindset for cooking success, quality over quantity, kitchen organization (mise en place), kitchen tools (the Dirty Thirty), the celebrity chef conundrum (why people get discouraged in their cooking journey), introduction to knife skills/care, cookbook basics, food preservation and safety and other fun chapters such as saving Grandma’s recipes from extinction, the lost art of sharing (food), and the new-old method of cooking, sous vide.
Let Phil’s wisdom, anecdotes, and culinary tales guide you toward becoming the chef you’ve always dreamt of becoming.