and J's that most kids carried around in their backpacks - think wedges of fine French cheese that soak right through the paper bag. We get to read about her early years with her family filled with fantastic parties and sack lunches (that were made by her French born mother) that were nothing like the P.B. It's considered one of the best programs for creative writing in the country. Blood, Bones & Butter follows an unconventional journey through the many kitchens Hamilton has inhabited through the years: the rural kitchen of her childhood, where her adored mother stood over the six-burner with an oily wooden spoon in hand the kitchens of France, Greece, and Turkey, where she was often fed by complete strangers and learned. She enrolled in the master of fine arts program in fiction writing at the University of Michigan in 1995. Hamilton is not only a chef but a writer, too. Ever.' She's basically a culinary rock star of the highest order. Anthony Bourdain called her book ' Magnificent. She's so popular, in fact, that she won the 2011 James Beard Foundation award for Best Chef in New York City. Hamilton is chef/owner of a popular little restaurant in New York City called Prune. More about BBB and Chow Bella Book Club meeting date/time after the jump. Bake at 350F for 10-20 minutes, depending on thickness of dough, until done. In a world where chefs wield knives and pens with equal aplomb, Gabrielle Hamilton is a few cuts above the other cook scribes out there. Blood, Bones & Butter is a no-holds-barred book, using profanity in everyday conversations (like people in restaurants use) and chronicling what. make it easier to clean fish bones from the rest of the meat, blood, and fat that. The paperback is now out and you can start another wave of love. Sprinkle grated parmesan and salt on top. manufacture of butter cookies from belida fish bones (Chitala lopis).

If you happened to miss all the buzz last year about BBB, don't worry. We're reading Blood Bones and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef by Gabrielle Hamilton this month and it will be capped off with a visit from the author herself. We're starting the year in style by choosing the memoir so stellar, it inspired us to create Chow Bella Book Club. While reading Gabriel Hamilton best selling book, Blood, Bones and Butter, I could tell the author is more Drakes Sandwich Shop than she is Zingermans.

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