The Diary of a Mad Chef

This Family Cookbook Morphed Into Much More For Me During The Writing Process. It Began By Contacting Friends And Family To Collect Recipes For What I Thought Would Be A Simple Process. During Those Conversations And With My Own Memories A Flood Of Personal History Evolved In My Mind. What Began As A Repository Of Food Recipes Became Much More To Me And I Decided To Collect The Process In The Form Of This Book The Diary Of A Mad Chef To Also Include Photos Of Those People And Selected Short Stories.. Food Has Always Been The Center Of Our Familys Common Narrative Thread And I Attempted To Place The Face And The Stories Of My Friends And Family With The Recipes As I Remember Them. Along With The Feedback And Photos From My Friends And Family It Became A Two-Year-Long Effort To Compile Edit And Publish This Book. The Journey Has Been A Magnificent Experience For Me And I Am Grateful To Have Had The Time And Opportunity To Write This Book.