Most Popular Books by David Chang

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the chef behind Momofuku and star of Netflix’s Ugly Delicious—an intimate account of the making of a chef, the story of the modern restaurant world that he helped shape, and how he discovered that success can be much harder to understand than failure. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: NPR, Fortune, Parade, The New York Public Library, Garden & Gun In 2004, Momofuku Noodle Bar opened in a tiny, stark space in Manhattan’s East Village. Its young chef-owner, David Chang, worked the line, serving ramen and pork buns to a mix of fellow restaurant cooks and confused diners whose idea of ramen was instant noodles in Styrofoam cups. It would have been impossible to know it at the time—and certainly Chang would have bet against himself—but he, who had failed at almost every endeavor in his life, was about to become one of the most influential chefs of his generation, driven by the question, “What if the underground could become the mainstream?” Chang grew up the youngest son of a deeply religious Korean American family in Virginia. Graduating college aimless and depressed, he fled the States for Japan, hoping to find some sense of belonging. While teaching English in a backwater town, he experienced the highs of his first full-blown manic episode, and began to think that the cooking and sharing of food could give him both purpose and agency in his life. Full of grace, candor, grit, and humor, Eat a Peach chronicles Chang’s switchback path. He lays bare his mistakes and wonders about his extraordinary luck as he recounts the improbable series of events that led him to the top of his profession. He wrestles with his lifelong feelings of otherness and inadequacy, explores the mental illness that almost killed him, and finds hope in the shared value of deliciousness. Along the way, Chang gives us a penetrating look at restaurant life, in which he balances his deep love for the kitchen with unflinching honesty about the industry’s history of brutishness and its uncertain future.

With 200,000+ copies in print, this New York Times bestseller shares the story and the recipes behind the chef and cuisine that changed the modern-day culinary landscape. Never before has there been a phenomenon like Momofuku. A once-unrecognizable word, it''s now synonymous with the award-winning restaurants of the same name in New York City (Momofuku Noodle Bar, Ssäm Bar, Ko, Má Pêche, Fuku, Nishi, and Milk Bar), Toronto, and Sydney. Chef David Chang single-handedly revolutionized cooking in America and beyond with his use of bold Asian flavors and impeccable ingredients, his mastery of the humble ramen noodle, and his thorough devotion to pork. Chang relays with candor the tale of his unwitting rise to superstardom, which, though wracked with mishaps, happened at light speed. And the dishes shared in this book are coveted by all who''ve dined—or yearned to—at any Momofuku location (yes, the pork buns are here). This is a must-read for anyone who truly enjoys food.

Chef and owner of Momofuku Milk Bar, Christina Tosi brings you a complete, genuinely original, anthology of sweet recipes that are incomparable. At a time when baking has found itself a new home in the hearts of the British public, this collection of recipes is perfect for cookie, pie and cake addicts who need their sugary fix. With a delightful foreword by dazzling chef David Chang, Momofuku Milk Bar is a perfect dessert-filled complement to Chang''s Momofuku Cookbook. Christina''s collection is brimming with new taste sensations.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The founder of Momofuku cooks at home . . . and that means mostly ignoring recipes, using tools like the microwave, and taking inspiration from his mom to get a great dinner done fast. JAMES BEARD AWARD NOMINEE • ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR: New York Post, Taste of Home David Chang came up as a chef in kitchens where you had to do everything the hard way. But his mother, one of the best cooks he knows, never cooked like that. Nor did food writer Priya Krishna’s mom. So Dave and Priya set out to think through the smartest, fastest, least meticulous, most delicious, absolutely imperfect ways to cook. From figuring out the best ways to use frozen vegetables to learning when to ditch recipes and just taste and adjust your way to a terrific meal no matter what, this is Dave’s guide to substituting, adapting, shortcutting, and sandbagging—like parcooking chicken in a microwave before blasting it with flavor in a four-minute stir-fry or a ten-minute stew. It’s all about how to think like a chef . . . who’s learned to stop thinking like a chef.

Taiwan experienced a highly successful economic transformation in the last 50 years that produced one of Asia’s genuine ‘miracles’ of modern development, in terms of improvement in per capita income and overall quality of material well being for its citizens. The process, though, involved rapid industrialization and urbanization, and breakneck mass consumption, that inevitably resulted in rapid escalation in degradation of the island’s fragile air, water, and land, and produced some of the worst environmental pollution to be found anywhere in Asia This book examines the causes of Taiwan''s environmental predicament, engaging in Taiwan''s unique geological, geographical, demographical, political, industrial, historical and economic circumstances. In addition, Jack Williams and Ch''ang-yi David Chang assess the efforts of the government, NGOs and private citizens to create a "green" environmentally sustainable island, with a high tech economy based on the silicon chip, the backbone of Taiwan’s highly successful IT industry. Finally the authors discuss what can be done to improve Taiwan''s environmental future. As the first commercially available book in English on Taiwan’s environmental problems this is an invaluable read for students and scholars interested in environmental studies, sustainable development and the island of Taiwan.

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Pastor David Kwang-shin Kim has shown us that a single man bound by his faith can be mightier and more influential than a million individuals whose interests are only their own. The Holy Spirit led Missionary Kim Tae-won to receive the offering. Missionary Kim followed, “If you came to give an offering, then give it.” Then, the young couple gave him an envelope with a check for 80 million won ($100,000). If the People’s Security came to detain Lee while he was leading worship and holding rallies, the two drivers from the intelligence agency always vouched for him.

"LITTLE STORIES OF CHINESE IDIOMS" are the books written by David Chang. Each book contains 40 interesting stories about the meaning of Chinese idioms.

Um livro de memórias corajoso e bem-humorado sobre os sucessos e decepções de um dos grandes nomes da culinária mundial. Como um filho de imigrantes, que teve um desempenho ruim na escola e foi um prodígio do golfe, depois formou-se em teologia na universidade e estudou gastronomia por apenas seis meses, ocupando cargos de pouco prestígio em um punhado de cozinhas, abriu um restaurante em Manhattan que rapidamente revolucionaria a culinária mundial? Em seu saboroso livro de memórias, que logo se tornou best-seller do New York Times, David Chang – chef do Momofuku responsável pelo boom da cozinha ásio-americana contemporânea – procura explicar sua ascensão meteórica enquanto tenta, ele mesmo, compreendê-la. O resultado é um misto de relato íntimo e reflexivo de impressionante franqueza com uma crônica bem-humorada dos bastidores do mundo dos restaurantes no século XXI. "Das cozinhas estreladas às calçadas de NYC em 11 de setembro... This is Dave Chang!" — Alex Atala "David Chang é mágico." — Ferran Adrià, considerado um dos melhores chefs do mundo "Todo o hype é justificado. [...] David Chang deu uma nova direção ao ramo dos restaurantes e da gastronomia." — Anthony Bourdain, autor de Cozinha confidencial "Uma autobiografia franca e vulnerável que vai te fazer rir e chorar ao mesmo tempo. [...] Uma leitura absolutamente imperdível." — CNN

Las memorias del prestigioso e internacionalmente conocido chef David Chang, consideradas como el Kitchen Confidential del siglo XXI. En 2004, el Momofuku Noodle Bar abrió sus puertas en un espacio pequeño y austero en el East Village de Manhattan. Su joven chef y propietario, David Chang, trabajaba entonces en primera línea sirviendo ramen y bollos de cerdo a una mezcla de compañeros cocineros de restaurantes y comensales confundidos cuya idea del ramen era poco más que la de unos fideos instantáneos servidos en vasos de poliestireno. Hubiera sido imposible saberlo en ese momento, y ciertamente Chang habría apostado contra sí mismo, pero él, que había fallado hasta entonces en casi todos los esfuerzos de su vida, estaba a punto de convertirse en uno de los chefs más influyentes de su generación, impulsado por la pregunta: ¿qué pasaría si el underground pudiera convertirse en la corriente principal? Comerse un melocotón navega con humor y honestidad a través de la aventura empresarial y culinaria de Chang y por los errores y los inesperados golpes de suerte que le llevaron a situarse en lo más alto de la industria gastronómica. Pero también destapa el daño que el éxito y la fama causaron en una personalidad tan vulnerable como la suya, quien luchó frente al alcoholismo, la depresión y un trastorno bipolar. Un relato humano y perspicaz sobre lo que ocurre tras los fogones sobre la verdadera pasión y entrega por la cocina y acerca de la incertidumbre que rodea al futuro de la industria, tejido en una historia personal que no rehúye las confesiones incómodas ni los momentos más dramáticos, pero también disparatados y divertidos, en una confesión íntima de la creación de un chef y de la historia del mundo de los restaurantes modernos (que Chang ayudó a dar forma), y cómo descubrió que el éxito puede ser mucho más difícil de entender y gestionar que el fracaso.

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David Chang, der berühmte New Yorker Koch und Netflix-Star, und seine Co-Autorin Priya Krishna zeigen, wie »richtig gut kochen« wirklich geht – nicht stur nach Rezept und mit maximalem Aufwand, sondern mit cleveren Abkürzungen, kleinen Tricks und einer guten Portion Vertrauen in die eigene Intuition. David Chang kochte nie zuhause, bis sein Sohn auf die Welt kam und er anfing, für die Familie zu kochen. Von da an folgte Chang neuen Leitsätzen. Erstens: etwas möglichst Köstliches hinzukriegen. Zweitens: mit einem möglichst geringen Zeitaufwand, und drittens: dabei möglichst wenig Chaos in der Küche anzurichten. In diesem superpraktischen und unterhaltsamen Buch zeigt Chang, wie man wirklich gut kocht: Indem man Rezepte anpasst oder auch mal ignoriert, »Abkürzungen« oder einen unkomplizierten Weg nimmt, auch wenn der verpönt ist – zum Beispiel, indem man Hühnchen in der Mikrowelle vorkocht, um es danach in 3 Minuten knusprig zu braten. Changs koreanische Mutter und die indische von Co-Autorin Krishna kochen beide ausgezeichnet, aber nie nach Rezept. Wie das gelingt, wie man dem eigenen Geschmack vertraut, souverän improvisiert und intuitiv kocht, das vermitteln sie in diesem vielfältigen Kochbuch mit »nicht-rezeptigen« Rezepten.