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Coco: 10 World-Leading Masters Choose 100 Contemporary Chefs [Hardcover]

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November 16, 2009
Coco is an exciting, unprecedented guide to the most exceptional talent in the international restaurant world. Coco presents 100 of the best emerging contemporary chefs from all corners of the globe as selected by 10 culinary icons: Ferran Adrià, Mario Batali, Shannon Bennett, Alain Ducasse, Fergus Henderson, Yoshihiro Murata, Gordon Ramsay, René Redzepi, Alice Waters and Jacky Yu.

From Singapore to New York, Stockholm to Seattle, Hong Kong to Paris, these chefs are pushing their craft to new heights and have just begun to receive attention for their cooking. Arranged alphabetically, the book presents each chosen chef with an insightful essay from the ?chef-curator? explaining their pick, a bio, sample menu, and gorgeous full-color images of the restaurant, the kitchen, the chef at work, as well as accompanying recipes such as David Chang?s (Momofuku, New York), Mackerel with Kimchi Puree, Oyster and Radish, Allison Vines-Rushing?s (MiLa, New Orleans) Sweet Potato Pappardelle with Roasted Shitake Mushrooms and Shaved Sheep Cheese and Amaryll Schwertner?s (Boulette?s Larder, San Francisco) Hungarian Cabbage Leaves Stuffed with Kurobuta Pork Shoulder, Sauerkraut with Quince, and Smoky Pork Belly. Part cookbook, part guide to the world's best new restaurants, and part who's who of the international food scene, Coco is an invaluable and timely culinary sourcebook for chefs and food enthusiasts alike.

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"Informative and fun."
–The San Francisco Chronicle

"Ridiculously impressive book highlighting future food stars as crowned by the industry's current masters."
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About the Author

Ferran Adrià Working from his highly acclaimed restaurant elBulli, Adria?s legendary talent and innovations have inspired chefs around the globe.
Mario Batali is a celebrated chef, TV host, and the owner of multiple restaurants in New York City including Babbo and Del Posto.
Shannon Bennett is the chef and owner of Melbourne?s famed restaurant, Vue du Monde, widely acclaimed for its homage to classical French cuisine.
Alain Ducasse is one of the most respected chefs in the world. Starting with the flagship 3-starred Louis XV in Monaco, his restaurants throughout the world have earned him more Michelin stars than any other chef.
Fergus Henderson is a famous British chef and cookbook author. His restaurants St John and St John Bread and Wine both opened to critical acclaim.
Yoshihiro Murata is the third-generation chef and owner of the famed Kikunoi restaurant in Kyoto.
Gordon Ramsay is a world-renowned chef, television celebrity and restaurant entrepreneur based in the UK.
René Redzepi, master of the emerging New Nordic cuisine, is head chef and owner of Noma restaurant in Copenhagen.
Alice Waters founded the seminal Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley, California in 1971, and is Vice President of Slow Food International.
Jacky Yu?s restaurant Xi Yan, which opened in Hong Kong 2000, is one of the most coveted tables in the city and has helped make Yu China?s most famous chef.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 448 pages
  • Publisher: Phaidon Press; First Edition edition (November 16, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0714849545
  • ISBN-13: 978-0714849546
  • Product Dimensions: 11.8 x 8.7 x 1.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 5.5 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #664,348 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Actually quite interesting, November 6, 2009
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One hundred star chefs provide recipes spread over a couple of pages each. This sounds like an awful idea; especially coupled with the binding and layout that tries to be exclusive, but feels a bit cheap. Howver, the book is actually quite interesting. The chefs are picked by superstar chefs so they are mostly up-and-coming people. When you start looking at the actual dishes presented, they look fresh and really cutting edge. I've had a few of these dishes in other restaurants so this is live diffusion of ideas!

Who should buy this book? Maybe other chefs, who want to copy of get inspiration. Maybe the travelling gourmet who want to know more about rising star chefs and where to eat. I give the book four stars only because a book like this isn't really essential to own and in a couple of years it will be dated. I guess it will serve very well as a time capsule of what was trendy in 2008.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Must buy for the serious Chef/Foodie, March 30, 2010
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Unlike the previous reviews I really feel that the 100 selected chefs in this book really represent the future "Adrias" "Ramseys" and "Ducasses" of the international food scene for the foreseeable future, many I'm sure, you will hear more and more about. The book is well laid out and a lot of recipes look and sound as if they could actually work, although some are hopelessly restaurant only (unless you have 15K to plop down on an ultrasonic infusion machine:) The choices of the chef panel is really eclectic and diverse, although the inclusion of some of the more lesser known Asian chefs on both the panel and the chosen chefs would only really be relevant and interesting to traditional Asian diners, I would personally liked it if they included more modernized Asian chefs like Yoshihiro Narisawa. It would have lent more relevance to the obviously modern slant most of the chosen represent in their cuisine. Not to slight in anyway traditional Asian cuisine which will always have a place. The same could be said about the more traditional choices by chefs like Alice Waters and Fergus Henderson. Just my opinion. Very inspirational for working chefs and a great feature of the immense talent that is coming out from all corners of the globe. The book is also a great deal considering it's content length and reasonable price. Though I find the Maypole like inclusion of bookmarks a little annoying. Two or three would have sufficed.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Power in the varied, February 26, 2011
This review is from: Coco: 10 World-Leading Masters Choose 100 Contemporary Chefs (Hardcover)
If you're not a working chef I don't know this book is particularly helpful. I turn to this book when I have a question in mind, it's the moment in recipe written where you ask, "yeah but how can I do that?" This is when this book comes into my everyday life. What makes this book the one I turn to first is that you are instantly exposed to the paradigms and techniques of so many chefs. It's not the world of one mind, this ups my chances for finding that nugget of knowledge I need. This book never sits on my shelf for long. Phaidon always puts out wonderful publications of heirloom quality, this one is no exception.
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