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SO, YOU WANT TO BE A CHEF?

Name: SO, YOU WANT TO BE A CHEF?
Author: J.M. Bedell
ISBN: 978-1-58270-437-1

HOW TO GET STARTED IN THE WORLD OF CULINARY ARTS

From the Be What You Want series

by J.M. Bedell ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 22, 2013

Overall, a lively introduction to the food business that may well help readers find their place at the table.

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The latest entry in the Be What You Want series serves up a useful introduction to the world of culinary arts.

Through a lively narrative spiced with interviews, profiles, quizzes and recipes, Bedell offers plenty of enthusiasm and a dash of caution for young people who love food. Interspersed profiles introduce readers to the likes of Roland Mesnier, executive pastry chef at the White House, and Sarah Clements Olivieri, co-owner of a food truck in Orlando, who share insights into the industry. Advice common to several interviews is to start early, find mentors and don’t invest heavily in culinary schools before knowing that’s what you really want to do. Bloggers, videographers, food critics and cookbook writers add to the heady stew of ingredients necessary in turning an interest in food into a career. Recipes are included, though they vary in their use of metric or English measurements; only one provides conversions. Furthermore, some recipes (crispy duck salad and orechiette pasta with late-summer squash, tomato jam and Pecorino) seem a stretch for novice cooks. The extensive glossary probably didn’t need to include “cookbook,” “fast food” and “ingredients,” and the extensive bibliography’s websites and online articles are a full course compared to the few included books, which are more of an amuse-bouche.

Overall, a lively introduction to the food business that may well help readers find their place at the table. (industry resources) (Nonfiction. 9-16)

Pub Date: Oct. 22, 2013

ISBN: 978-1-58270-437-1

Page Count: 224

Publisher: Beyond Words/Aladdin

Review Posted Online: Aug. 13, 2013

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Sept. 1, 2013

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CHILDREN'S GENERAL CHILDREN'S

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COYOTE TALES

by Thomas King ; illustrated by Byron Eggenschwiler ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 3, 2017

Though usually cast as the trickster, Coyote is more victim than victimizer, making this a nice complement to other Coyote...

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Two republished tales by a Greco-Cherokee author feature both folkloric and modern elements as well as new illustrations.

One of the two has never been offered south of the (Canadian) border. In “Coyote Sings to the Moon,” the doo-wop hymn sung nightly by Old Woman and all the animals except tone-deaf Coyote isn’t enough to keep Moon from hiding out at the bottom of the lake—until she is finally driven forth by Coyote’s awful wailing. She has been trying to return to the lake ever since, but that piercing howl keeps her in the sky. In “Coyote’s New Suit” he is schooled in trickery by Raven, who convinces him to steal the pelts of all the other animals while they’re bathing, sends the bare animals to take clothes from the humans’ clothesline, and then sets the stage for a ruckus by suggesting that Coyote could make space in his overcrowded closet by having a yard sale. No violence ensues, but from then to now humans and animals have not spoken to one another. In Eggenschwiler’s monochrome scenes Coyote and the rest stand on hind legs and (when stripped bare) sport human limbs. Old Woman might be Native American; the only other completely human figure is a pale-skinned girl.

Though usually cast as the trickster, Coyote is more victim than victimizer, making this a nice complement to other Coyote tales. (Fiction. 9-11)

Pub Date: Oct. 3, 2017

ISBN: 978-1-55498-833-4

Page Count: 56

Publisher: Groundwood

Review Posted Online: July 1, 2017

Kirkus Reviews Issue: July 15, 2017

Categories:

CHILDREN'S GENERAL CHILDREN'S

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SKYWALKERS

MOHAWKS ON THE HIGH STEEL

by David Weitzman ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 14, 2010

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Weaving together architectural, engineering and Native American history, Weitzman tells the fascinating story of how Mohawk Indian ironworkers helped construct the sprawling bridges and towering skyscrapers that dominate our urban landscape. The book begins with a brief but informative history of the Kanien'kéhaka—People of the Flint. Leaders in establishing the League of the Iroquois, a confederation of Indian nations in the New York region, Mohawks had a longstanding reputation for their sense of tight-knit community, attraction to danger and love for physical challenge, qualities that served them well when hired in the late 1800s to do the most arduous work in railroad and bridge construction. With the advent of the skyscraper, Mohawks possessing agility that seemed gravity-defying worked hundreds of feet above the ground. They were not immune to tragedy, and the author discusses in detail the collapse of the Québec Bridge that killed 31 Mohawk workers. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs that capture the daring spirit of these heroic workers, the concise, captivating account offers great insight into the little-known but considerable role Native Americans played in our architectural and engineering achievements. (glossary, bibliography, source notes, index) (Nonfiction. 10-14)