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No Experience Necessary The Culinary Odyssey of Chef Norman Van Aken

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ISBN-10: 1589799143

ISBN-13: 9781589799141

Edition: 2015

Authors: Norman Van Aken

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No Experience Necessary is Chef Norman Van Aken s delicious joyride of a memoir. The book spans twenty-plus years and nearly as many jobs including the fateful job advertised in the local paper for a short-order cook: no experience necessary. Long considered a culinary renegade and pioneering chef, Van Aken is an American original who chopped and charred, sweated and seared his way to cooking stardom with no formal training, but with extra helpings of energy, creativity, and faith. After landing on the breezy but not-always-easy shores of Key West, Van Aken faced hurricanes, economic downturns, and mercurial moneymen during the decades when a restaurant could open and close faster than you…    
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Book details

Copyright year: 2015
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/7/2014
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 6.26" wide x 9.32" long x 1.17" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English

World-renowned chef and culinary innovator, Norman Van Aken is the owner of the award-winning Miami restaurant Norman's. He is one of the only chefs in America to have won the James Beard Award, the Robert Mondavi Award, and the Food Arts Silver Spoon for lifetime achievement.

Acknowledgments
Prologue: The Triangle
Pre-Chef
Deviled Quail Eggs
Carnival Fades
Carny Corn Dogs
The Fireside: Hainesville, 1972-73
Chef Salad for Miss Kitty
The Midget: Key West, 1973
Bicycle Sammy's Potato Salad
The Deerpath Inn: 1973-74
Pokes Tokyo Beef and Mushroom Bites
The Holiday Inn: Greeley, 1974
U.S.N. Mulligatawny Soup
The Gale Street Inn: Diamond Lake, 1975
Gale Street-Style Slaw
The Fox Lake Country Club: 1975-77
Flame on Shish Kabob
700 Duval: Key West, 1978
The Jar Cocktail
The Pier House: Key West, 1978
The Meat Loaf Contest
Shit Happens
Tequila Races Saba
The Port of Call: Key West, 1979
Oysters Remick
Chez Nancy: Key West, 1979-80
Smothered Pork Chops Adobo with Onion, Orange, and Fresh Pineapple
The Port of Call (Reprise): Key West, 1980-82
Tennessee's Streetcar
Sinclair's: Lake Forest, 1982-84
Gordon's Artichoke Fritters
Sinclair's American Grill: Jupiter, 1985
Daisy Duke's Papaya Ice Cream
Louie's Backyard: Key West, 1985-88
Beer-Steamed Shrimp with Mojo Rojo
MIRA: Key West, 1988
MIRA Tuna Tartare
Boca, Boca, Boca! Boca Raton, 1989-90
Latkes with Caviar and Sour Cream
a Mano: Miami Beach, 1990-93
Vietnamese Soft Spring Rolls
Epilogue: The Triangle Comes Full Circle