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A culinary pioneer blends memoir with a joyful inquiry into the ingredients he uses and their origins

What goes into the making of a chef a restaurant a dish In his highly anticipated first book influential chef Peter Hoffman offers thoughtful and delectable answers to these questions Hoffman tells the story of his upbringing professional education and evolution as a chef and restaurant owner through its componentseverything from the importance of your relationship with your refrigerator repairman and an account of how a burger killed his restaurant to his belief in peppers as a perfect food

Along with these personal stories from a life in restaurants Hoffman braids in passionately curious explorations into the cultural historical and botanical backstories of the foods we eat Beginning with a spring maple sap run and ending with the lateseason frostdefying vegetables he follows the progress of the seasons and their reflections in his greenmarket favorites moving ingredient to ingredient through the bounty of the natural world Hoffman meets with farmers and vendors and unravels the magic of what we eat deepening every cooks appreciation for whats on their kitchen counter Whats Good is a layered insightful and utterly enjoyable meal