Culinary Biography

Alexander Herrmann ist mit zwei Michelin-Sternen und diversen TV-Auftritten einer der erfolgreichsten deutschen Spitzenköche. In diesem Hörbuch erzählt er erstmals aus seinem Leben - und aus seiner Küche. Anekdotenreich beschreibt Herrmann, wie er vom beschaulichen oberfränkischen Wirsberg aus seine einzig­artige Karriere als Spitzenkoch und Multi-Unternehmer startete. Neben autobiografischen Einblicken ist es ihm aber auch ein Anliegen, den Leser an den Alltag hinter den Kulissen der Sterneküche heranzuführen.

世界24カ国で5000人に本格手打ち讃岐うどんを振る舞った「世界を旅するうどん屋」とはどういう生き方なのか？を綴った自伝。

In August 2015, Munaf Kapadia quit his four-year-long career as a consultant at Google to pursue another venture - with his mother! Two years down the line, as Chief Eating Officer of food tech start-up The Bohri Kitchen, he made the Forbes India 30 Under 30 list. How I Quit Google to Sell Samosas is the story of how this adventurous entrepreneur grew a weekend Bohri food pop-up from his Cuffe Parade home into an F&B start-up with a "Rs 4 crore" turnover.

A is for Aronia, berry member of the apple family, clothes-stainer, super-fruit with reputed healing power. D is for Durian, endowed with a dramatic rind and a shifting odor - peaches, old garlic. M is for Medlar, name-checked by Shakespeare for its crude shape, beloved by gardeners for its flowers. In this work of unique invention, these and other difficult fruits serve as the central ingredients of 26 lyrical essays that range from deeply personal to botanical, from culinary to medical, from humorous to philosophical.