18 Top memoir books like Rebel Chef: In Search of What Matters by Dominique Crenn

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Rebel Chef: In Search of What Matters

By: Dominique Crenn

3.49

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

By the time Dominique Crenn decided to become a chef, at the age of twenty-one, she knew it was a n…

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Cover of 32 Yolks: From My Mother's Table to Working the Line by Eric Ripert

1. 32 Yolks: From My Mother's Table to Working the Line

By: Eric Ripert

3.95

Format: 247 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Hailed by Anthony Bourdain as “heartbreaking, horrifying, poignant, and… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • cooking
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • food
  • audiobook
"the important thing, Jacques instructed me, was to get the pan hot as you could before adding the meat - that, and always give good wine to your butcher."

-Eric Ripert, 32 Yolks: From My Mother's Table to Working the Line

"my father...there was never any mistaking his love for me. When I walked into the room, his eyes lit up and he wrapped me in his arms as if it was Christmas morning and I was the best gift imaginable."

-Eric Ripert, 32 Yolks: From My Mother's Table to Working the Line

"We were all hard on our commis because we were always afraid, and cruelty is one of fear's most common by-products. It would take me a very long time to unlearn those methods of surviving under press…"

-Eric Ripert, 32 Yolks: From My Mother's Table to Working the Line

"Buth this is the thing, my child, " Madame Amparo continued. "You are headed for the same night sky. When it's your turn to burn brightly, remember where you have been. Be careful not to harm all of …"

-Eric Ripert, 32 Yolks: From My Mother's Table to Working the Line

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2. When I Stop Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead: Useful Stories from a Persuasive Man

By: Rich Cohen , Jerry Weintraub , George Clooney

4.13

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Here is the story of Jerry Weintraub: the self-made, Brooklyn-born, Bronx-raised impresario, Hollyw… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"You can't "un-recgonize" something"

-Rich Cohen, When I Stop Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead: Useful Stories from a Persuasive Man

"Freedom is saying I want to do this Not that"

-Rich Cohen, When I Stop Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead: Useful Stories from a Persuasive Man

"Savor life don't press too hard don't worry too much enjoy"

-Rich Cohen, When I Stop Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead: Useful Stories from a Persuasive Man

"Relationships are the only thing that matter in business in life."

-Rich Cohen, When I Stop Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead: Useful Stories from a Persuasive Man

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3. Life, on the Line: A Chef's Story of Chasing Greatness, Facing Death, and Redefining the Way We Eat

By: Grant Achatz , Nick Kokonas

4.29

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

"One of America's great chefs" (Vogue) shares how his drive to cook immaculate food won him interna… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • foodie
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Yes, Chef by Marcus Samuelsson

4. Yes, Chef

By: Marcus Samuelsson

3.00

Format: 126 pages, Hardcover

It begins with a simple ritual: Every Saturday afternoon, a boy who loves to cook walks to his gran… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • cooking
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • food
  • audiobook
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5. Coming to My Senses: The Making of a Counterculture Cook

By: Alice Waters

4.17

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited memoir from cultural icon and culinary standard bearer Alice Waters recalls the ci… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Sous Chef: 24 Hours on the Line by Michael Gibney

6. Sous Chef: 24 Hours on the Line

By: Michael Gibney

4.57

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The back must slave to feed the belly. . . . In this urgent and unique book, chef Michael Gibney us… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • foodie
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Cork Dork: A Wine-Fueled Adventure Among the Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, and Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me to Live for Taste by Bianca Bosker

7. Cork Dork: A Wine-Fueled Adventure Among the Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, and Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me to Live for Taste

By: Bianca Bosker

3.79

Format: None pages, Hardcover

For readers of Anthony Bourdain, Susan Orlean, and Mary Roach, a surprising, entertaining and hilar… read more

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  • food
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook

8. Delicious!

By: Ruth Reichl

3.99

Format: 273 pages, Hardcover

In her bestselling memoirs Ruth Reichl has long illuminated the theme of how food defines us, and n… read more

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9. Ferran: The Inside Story of El Bulli and The Man Who Reinvented Food

By: Colman Andrews

3.56

Format: None pages, Paperback

The first-ever biography of Ferran Adria, the chef behind Spain's renowned El Bulli restaurant, by … read more

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10. The Nasty Bits: Collected Varietal Cuts, Usable Trim, Scraps, and Bones

By: Anthony Bourdain

4.15

Format: 384 pages,

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11. Love, Loss, and What We Ate: A Memoir

By: Padma Lakshmi

3.55

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

A vivid memoir of food and family, survival and triumph, Love, Loss, and What We Atetraces the arc … read more

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12. Blood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef

By: Gabrielle Hamilton

4.00

Format: 274 pages,

Before Gabrielle Hamilton opened her acclaimed New York restaurant Prune, she spent twenty hard-liv… read more

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13. Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business

By: None

3.95

Format: 253 pages, Hardcover

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14. Give a Girl a Knife

By: Amy Thielen

4.08

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A beautifully written food memoir chronicling one cook's journey from her rural Midwestern hometown… read more

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15. The Soul of a Chef: The Journey Toward Perfection

By: Michael Ruhlman

3.86

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

In his second in-depth foray into the world of professional cooking, Michael Ruhlman journeys into … read more

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16. Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise

By: Ruth Reichl

4.54

Format: 608 pages, Paperback

Ruth Reichl, world-renowned food critic and editor in chief of Gourmet magazine, knows a thing or t… read more

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17. Alternate Endings

By: Ali Rosen

3.79

Format: 332 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of Recipe for Second Chances comes a smart, sexy, heartfelt romance abo… read more

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  • audiobook
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18. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s

By: Doris Kearns Goodwin

4.71

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

An Unfinished Love A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America’s most … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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19. Eat a Peach

By: David Chang

3.89

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In 2004, David Chang opened a noodle restaurant named Momofuku in Manhattan's East Village, not exp… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • cooking
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • food
  • audiobook
"NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING, SO DO WHAT YOU WANT."

-David Chang, Eat a Peach

"Just know that this is as honest and true a story as I can offer."

-David Chang, Eat a Peach

"In other words, we may not be able to reject our fortune or fate, but we can reject how we approach it."

-David Chang, Eat a Peach

"I was going to either fail or thrive, and I was going to do it in full view of everyone I respected and resented."

-David Chang, Eat a Peach

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20. Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir

By: Ruth Reichl

4.10

Format: 266 pages, Hardcover

Trailblazing food writer and beloved restaurant critic Ruth Reichl took the job (and the risk) of a… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • foodie
  • cooking
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • food
  • audiobook
"The more stars in your itinerary, the less likely you are to find the real life of another country."

-Ruth Reichl, Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir

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21. Finding Freedom: A Cook's Story; Remaking a Life from Scratch

By: Erin French

4.25

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From Erin French, owner and chef of the critically acclaimed The Lost Kitchen, a TIME world dining … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • cookbooks
  • biography memoir
  • cooking
  • nonfiction
  • food
  • audiobook
"I always knew food held this kind of power, this something so simple as a piece of flaky halibut served with a silky puree of parsnips, lightly dressed leaves of arugula, a squeeze of lemon and a spi…"

-Erin French, Finding Freedom: A Cook's Story; Remaking a Life from Scratch

"For me, food wasn't a competition about who could make the best dish. It's greatest power was to make taste and turn it into a long lasting memory. As a girl, I had learned from my father that good f…"

-Erin French, Finding Freedom: A Cook's Story; Remaking a Life from Scratch

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22. Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect

By: Will Guidara

4.45

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

National Bestseller Essential lessons in hospitality for every business, from the former co-owner … read more

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  • food
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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23. A Light through the Cracks: A Climber's Story

By: Beth Rodden

4.05

Format: 291 pages, Kindle Edition

Renowned rock climber Beth Rodden’s inspiring memoir about overcoming devastating trauma, refusing … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook by Anthony Bourdain

24. Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook

By: Anthony Bourdain

3.85

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

A lot has changed since Kitchen Confidential. For the subculture of chefs and cooks, for the restau… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • cooking
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • food
  • audiobook
"You have to be a romantic to invest yourself, your money, and your time in cheese."

-Anthony Bourdain, Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook

"That without experimentation, a willingness to ask questions and try new things, we shall surely become static, repetitive, moribund."

-Anthony Bourdain, Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook

"There’s something wonderful about drinking in the afternoon. A not-too-cold pint, absolutely alone at the bar – even in this fake-ass Irish pub."

-Anthony Bourdain, Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook

"I am not a fan of people who abuse service staff. In fact, I find it intolerable. It’s an unpardonable sin as far as I’m concerned, taking out personal business or some other kind of dissatisfaction …"

-Anthony Bourdain, Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook

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25. Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

By: Jen Psaki

3.96

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Former White House Press Secretary and current MSNBC host Jen Psaki shares the surprising lessons s… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"There was also a large crew of people who tried to nickname the previously mentioned Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework "BIF". If you would like your audience to start making fun of a big, serious, …"

-Jen Psaki, Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

"I've spent time with a lot of very busy people - business leaders, prominent journalists, and multiple presidents. Despite the unusually high demands on their schedules, something they all have in co…"

-Jen Psaki, Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

Cover of Start Here: Instructions for Becoming a Better Cook: A Cookbook by Sohla El-Waylly

26. Start Here: Instructions for Becoming a Better Cook: A Cookbook

By: Sohla El-Waylly

4.48

Format: 656 pages, Hardcover

Change the way you think about cooking! In this epic guide to better eating, the chef, recipe devel… read more

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  • cookbooks
  • cooking
  • food
  • nonfiction
Cover of Fieldwork: A Forager's Memoir by Iliana Regan

27. Fieldwork: A Forager's Memoir

By: Iliana Regan

3.54

Format: 250 pages, Hardcover

From National Book Award-nominee Iliana Regan, a new memoir of her life and heritage as a forager, … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • biography memoir
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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28. Rebel Chef: In Search of What Matters

By: Dominique Crenn

3.49

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

By the time Dominique Crenn decided to become a chef, at the age of twenty-one, she knew it was a n… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • foodie
  • cookbooks
  • biography memoir
  • cooking
  • nonfiction
  • food
  • audiobook
Cover of Dances by Nicole Cuffy

29. Dances

By: Nicole Cuffy

3.75

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A provocative and lyrical debut novel follows a trailblazing Black ballerina who must reconcile the… read more

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  • audiobook
"The truth is, sometimes I wanted him gone. He frightened me a little, my brother. As much as I loved him, I knew something was wrong with him. I knew he did drugs, but there was always something else…"

-Nicole Cuffy, Dances

"The truth is, sometimes I wanted him gone. He frightened me a little, my brother. As much as I loved him, I knew something was wrong with him. I knew he did drugs, but there was always something else…"

-Nicole Cuffy, Dances

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30. The Glassmaker

By: Tracy Chevalier

4.00

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling historical novelist, a rich, transporting story that follows a family of glass… read more

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  • audiobook
"...you never recover from losing someone; you just learn to accommodate the hole it makes in you."

-Tracy Chevalier, The Glassmaker

"People who make things also have an ambiguous relationship with time. Painters, writers, wood-carvers, knitters, weavers and, yes, glassmakers: creators often enter an absorbed state that psychologis…"

-Tracy Chevalier, The Glassmaker

Cover of The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House by Nancy Pelosi

31. The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House

By: Nancy Pelosi

4.10

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The most powerful woman in American political history tells the story of her transformation from ho… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

21 Top audiobook books like Rebel Chef: In Search of What Matters by Dominique Crenn

Transform Your Habits

32 Yolks: From My Mother's Table to Working the Line

Eric Ripert

3.95

Transform Your Habits

When I Stop Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead: Useful Stories from a Persuasive Man

Rich Cohen , Jerry Weintraub , George Clooney

4.13

Transform Your Habits

Life, on the Line: A Chef's Story of Chasing Greatness, Facing Death, and Redefining the Way We Eat

Grant Achatz , Nick Kokonas

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Yes, Chef

Marcus Samuelsson

3.00

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9 must-read audiobook books like Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook by Anthony Bourdain

Transform Your Habits

32 Yolks: From My Mother's Table to Working the Line

Eric Ripert

3.95

Transform Your Habits

Life, on the Line: A Chef's Story of Chasing Greatness, Facing Death, and Redefining the Way We Eat

Grant Achatz , Nick Kokonas

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D'

Michael Cecchi-Azzolina

3.67

Transform Your Habits

Eat a Peach

David Chang

3.89

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