Why I Cook, Tom Colicchio
Why I Cook, Tom Colicchio
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Why I Cook

Author: Tom Colicchio

Narrator: Will Damron, Tom Colicchio

Unabridged: 7 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Artisan

Published: 10/08/2024

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Tom Colicchio cooked his first recipe at 13 years old—a stuffed eggplant from an issue of Cuisine magazine that he picked up out of boredom—and it changed his life. 

Listeners are in for a treat as the talented Will Damron (who has read over 700 audiobooks) delivers an immersive account of Emmy Award-winning celebrity chef and beloved restaurateur Tom Colicchio’s life, challenges, and success. 

With warmth and tenderness, Damron navigates the extraordinary personal journey that brought Tom from his working-class Italian background in Elizabeth, New Jersey, to the award-winning kitchens of New York City’s best restaurants, to the set of Top Chef and the stage of the Emmy Awards.

Through 10 memoir chapters, 60 recipes, and expertise that spans more than 40 years behind the stove, Why I Cook is the most personal look into Tom’s life yet as it chronicles the dishes and memories that shaped him as a person and chef.

The audio edition of Why I Cook includes an accompanying PDF and more than 30 minutes of bonus content, where Tom shares additional reflections on his early life, its connection to his professional career, his culinary experiments, and much more.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Herbie on November 17, 2024

1/3 memoir and 2/3 cookbook. I like how Tom Colicchio put this book together: personal essays generally following his life + career chronologically, paired with recipes divided by season. The recipes vary between complicated, high-end fare inspired by his professional experience and much more rustic......more

Goodreads review by Michelle on November 29, 2024

Reading 2024 Book 228: Why I Cook by Why I Cook by Tom Colicchio I have watched all the episodes of Top Chef and even rewatch some seasons when I see a chef on another show. When I saw Tom had a new book I had to listen to it. Wanted to load my reading with lots of memoirs for #nonfictionnovember. Syn......more

Goodreads review by Abby on December 25, 2024

Equal parts memoir, and family recipe book "Why I Cook" is not about TC's success as a restauranteur though you will learn about his rise to glory. This book, at its core, is a love letter to the insatiable desire to learn, grow, love. While I enjoyed reading of Tom's lauded career, I found solace i......more

Goodreads review by Suzy on February 21, 2025

This book is an enjoyable quick read. Like other chef memoirs with recipes (isn't that all of them?) I ended up wondering why certain aspects of Colicchio's life were emphasized and others were not. Top Chef and his entire TV career get about 20 pages at the end which will surely disappoint fans. Al......more

Goodreads review by Diana on February 07, 2025

Enjoyed the book but it was a little jarring when you’re listening to the audio book and suddenly there’s a bunch of recipes tucked in between his personal essays. Was so happy for the surprise interview he did at the end of it though!......more