JGV

A Life in 12 Recipes

By: Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Michael Ruhlman

Narrated by: Eric Yves Garcia

One of the most influential chef-restaurateurs of all time reflects on a career defined by surprising, delicious food.

From his first apprenticeship in France to his Michelin-starred restaurant empire, Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s cuisine is inspired by the freshest ingredients, the simplest techniques, and the drive to make the ordinary perfect. It all started at home.

Jean-Georges was born in Alsace in Eastern France to a family in the coal business. He spent his childhood watching, mesmerized, as his mother produced elaborate lunches each day at 12:30 p.m. sharp and exquisite dinners at exactly 7:30 p.m. Served rich goose stew and tender roasted local vegetables, Vongerichten’s palate was forever transformed, and such were the origins of his culinary genius.

JGV is an invitation into the kitchen with a master chef. With humor and heart, Jean-Georges looks back on success and failure, sharing stories of cooking with legendary chefs Paul Bocuse and Louis Outhier, traveling in search of new and revelatory flavors, and building menus of his own in New York City, London, Singapore, Sao Paolo, and back in France. Every story is full of wisdom, conveyed with the magnanimity and precision that has made this chef a household name.

Anchoring this remarkable memoir are 12 recipes that have defined Jean-Georges' career: an egg caviar still on his menu 40 years after his mentor taught him the simple preparation; shrimp satay with a wine-oyster reduction from his landmark Lafayette restaurant; a pea guacamole that had President Obama tweeting; and more.

Enlivened with his hand-drawn sketches and intimate photographs, JGV is an audiobook for young chefs, as well as anyone who has ever stood at a stove and wondered what might be.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2019 Jean-Georges Vongerichten (P)2019 Audible, Inc.

A simple bio - fabulous narrator

The story is fairly simple but still very engaging. The narrator is 11/10. He sounds like JGV's spiritual voice.

Informative and fun!

A delightful way to learn about cooking, the culinary industry, and hard work. A must have for a foodie like me!

It wasn’t bad, just a ton of recipes and an ego session at some points

It wasn’t bad, just a ton of recipes and an ego session at some points. I loved the Narrator and his French pronunciations. His tempo and cadences as perfection.

I just wish the story had more details

There was no pdf has stated. Very disappointing to keep listening.

I’ll let you guess. I’d have rated higher if audible would have included the pdf. Very disappointed and frustrated Audible does this so often, it’s not an infrequent over site. Please let me know when you have put it in my library.