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Cooked: From the Streets to the Stove, from Cocaine to Foie Gras
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Cooked: From the Streets to the Stove, from Cocaine to Foie Gras (2007) (edit title/settings)

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Jeff Henderson was just another inner-city black kid born into a world of poverty and limited options, where crime seemed to provide the only way to get out. Raised mostly by his single mother, who struggled just to keep food on the table, Jeff dreamed big. He had to get out and he soon did by... read more

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Jeff Henderson grows up on the streets in poverty and resorts to easy money by breaking the law. He steals everything and anything from anyone, to go eat at the fast food places he couldn't afford. As he gets older, he gets involved in gangs and has rolemodels of car jacking speaker stealing... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Jeff Henderson grows up on the streets in poverty and resorts to easy money by breaking the law. He steals everything and anything from anyone, to go eat at the fast food places he couldn't afford. As he gets older, he gets involved in gangs and has rolemodels of car jacking speaker stealing guys who teach him the ways of selling drugs, getting women, and collecting expensive cars and gold chains. He quickly learns how to turn a fast profit, but he has so much business he is linked to every drug trade in San Diego, so jail waits with open arms.
Jeff spends around a decade in jail, avoiding the people he had once associated with, and regretting his past. As he passes the time on "Terminal Island", he discovers reading and education. Jeff gets involved in the programs at the jail and opens his mind to philosophy, politics, and religion. As Jeff reluctantly starts work in the jail kitchen, he finds the direction to head his life in after jail.
Jeff's devours every cooking book he finds, writes letters to colleges begging for information, and contacts chefs all around asking for jobs and opportunities to pursue his passion. When he finally gets back into the world, he finds a wife to support him, and a family to motivate him. Jeff bounces from job to job, from doing dishes to being the main chef. He learns how to cook with bumps on the road to becoming a talented cook. In the end, Jeff Henderson has come from random girl friends and selling drugs, to having a happy family and a both satisfying and legal job as a chef.

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  • “"“I bought Professional Baking by Wayne Gisslen, which became my baking bible, and Becoming a Chef by Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page. I studied the books until the pages started to fall out of their bindings.” (173)”
    Jeff Henderson
  • ““...I'd begun to feel myself developing intellectually. Reading had always been a struggle for me, but now I was reading complicated passages relatively easily and drew pleasure and mental strength from I. I felt stronger, wiser. Throughout my life, I had difficulty expressing complicated thoughts....I was becoming more and more confident in my ability to have complex conversations. Even my family started recognizing these changes in me.”(122 to 123)”
    Jeff
  • ““I became involved with prison organizations. I helped facilitate programs for Kwanzaa and Black History Month. I joined Toastmasters International to improve my speaking skills, began reading in the law library, went back to school, and earned my GED. I co founded the Black Cultural Workshop, a think tank where on Sundays we invited the best minds in the compound from all religious and racial backgrounds to discuss philosophy, religion and current events.” (124)”
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  1. Jeff Henderson (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Morrow
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Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 0061153907
Page Count: 288

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