TY  - BOOK
AU  - McGarry,Flynn
AU  - Dara,Adil
TI  - This is not a cookbook: a chef's creative process from imagination to creation 
SN  - 9780593119693
PY  - 2023///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Delacorte Press
KW  - McGarry, Flynn,
KW  - Creative ability
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Inspiration
KW  - Cooks
KW  - Biography
KW  - Cooking
KW  - Autobiographies
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Picture books
KW  - Recipes
N1  - Introduction -- This Is Not a Bedroom -- This Is Not Weird -- This Is Not a House -- This Is Not a Beet -- This Is Not a Spoon -- This Is Not a Forest -- This Is Not a Restaurant -- This Is Not Perfection -- Recipes; Ages 10 and up; Delacorte Press
N2  - "When Flynn McGarry was ten years old, he started to cook in a serious way. At first he simply wanted to make better food for his family, so with the help and support of his parents, he turned his bedroom into a personal kitchen. Yes, his curiosity was intense. He committed himself to developing his knowledge of food and culinary technique by reading cookbooks and watching chefs on YouTube and the Food Network. He then pieced together information that excited his sensibilities, paying attention to every detail--from the design of a kitchen to the type of container being used, from the color and texture of food to its arrangement on a plate. He thought not only about menus and the taste of food, but also about where it was grown and how it was harvested.  Now in his midtwenties, Flynn is a well-known chef with his own restaurant and much more happening in his life. Still, with all his success, this modest young man is inspired to share his creative process and his innovative thinking about aesthetics and food, especially with young people." -- Amazon.com; As young as ten, Flynn wanted to make better food for his family's meals, so he began investigating food from every source he could find: books, the internet, television. Believing curiosity is the main ingredient in creativity, he wrote this book to encourage children to ask questions and try things in a way no one ever has before, in pursuit of any art form but especially cooking
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