Salt, sweat & steam : the fiery education of an accidental chef /

"Salt, Sweat & Steam takes readers inside America's top culinary school and shows what's really required to become a chef: from brutal unpaid internships and gruelling practical exams to late-night vending machine dorm-room dinners while trudging through the rarefied world of fine...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Washington, Brigid (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : St. Martin's Press, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2026.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Washington, Brigid Culinary Institute of America Women cooks > United States. Cooks > United States. Women food writers > United States. Food writers > United States. Trinidadian Americans. Cuisinières (Personnes) > États-Unis. Cuisiniers > États-Unis. Écrivaines de la table > États-Unis. Écrivains de la table > États-Unis. Autobiographies. Biographies.

Table of Contents:

Author's note
Soup du jour
The breakup and the landing
Angell, Roth, and me
Show me your friends
La Papillote
Of produce, proteins, and an improbable fling
Skills one: Pots, pans, and laceration
Le not in black tie
Love is a dog from Hell
Cooking across the Americas
Continental divide
Internship
Of fourth term, friendships, and phone calls
Mussels, stallions, and me
The final course
Acknowledgments.