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23) Today's special
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Samir is a traditionally trained chef who works as the sous chef in an exclusive restaurant in Manhattan, but when he learns he's been turned down for an expected promotion, he leaves in a huff and isn't asked to return. Samir considers heading for Europe to attend a culinary academy, but his plans quickly change when he learns that his father has suffered a severe heart attack and someone needs to look after the family business, a dingy Indian restaurant...
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Physical Desc
xvi, 302 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Some food historians say that 1491 to 1493 are the years the world began in terms of food, that is. Prior to 1492, eight plants -- corn, beans, squash, chile, tomato, potato, vanilla, and cacao -- existed only in the Americans. Italy didn't have the tomato; Ireland didn't have the potato, nor Russia the vodka distilled from it; and there were no chiles in South Asia. When these ingredients crossed the ocean, they drastically transformed the way the...
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