{"product_id":"high-bonnet-a-novel-of-epicurean-adventures-9780375757563","title":"High Bonnet: A Novel of Epicurean Adventures","description":"The chef's towering white toque, the high bonnet, is the mark of achievement to which every young sauce-stirrer aspires. Idwal Jones's urbane novel follows the young provincial Jean as he attempts to master culinary art at the hands of Paris's most distinguished chefs. Jean will win his high bonnet and the royal bearing that accompanies it - but not until he's had many outrageous adventures, in the kitchen and out. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHigh Bonnet\u003c\/b\u003e is a sly send-up of the seething politics, subtle artistry, and enslavement to the palate that constitute life behind the kitchen's swinging doors. First published in 1945 and out of print for more than four decades, \u003cb\u003eHigh Bonnet\u003c\/b\u003e will delight readers of Anthony Bourdain's bestselling \u003cb\u003eKitchen Confidential\u003c\/b\u003e or of Ludwig Bemelmans's \u003cb\u003eHotel Splendide\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Idwal Jones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Modern Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/26\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.16w x 0.41d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375757563\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/09\/2001 pg. 49\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIdwal Jones\u003c\/b\u003e was named Cordon Bleu Chef of the Wine and Food Society of Los Angeles. He was the author of the novels \u003cb\u003eThe Vineyard, Whistler's Van\u003c\/b\u003e, and\u003cb\u003e China Boy and Other Tales\u003c\/b\u003e. He died in 1964. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRuth Reichl\u003c\/b\u003e, editor of the Modern Library Food series, is the author of the bestselling\u003cb\u003e Tender at the Bone\u003c\/b\u003e and the forthcoming \u003cb\u003eComfort Me with Apples\u003c\/b\u003e. Formerly the food critic of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, she is now editor-in-chief of \u003ci\u003eGourmet\u003c\/i\u003e magazine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Modern Library","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40058189807731,"sku":"9.78038E+12","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_cf61ef63-a9dc-44f8-a9bb-3bea43fd12f6.jpg?v=1651586790","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/high-bonnet-a-novel-of-epicurean-adventures-9780375757563","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}