Category: 書籍
湯姆·柯利奇歐在13歲時，因為無聊翻閱了一本《Cuisine》雜誌，並按照上面的食譜做出了他的第一道菜——一道填餡茄子——從此改變了他的一生。如今，湯姆首次完整回顧這段非凡的個人旅程：從他在紐澤西州伊莉莎白市勞工階級義大利裔家庭的成長背景，到紐約市頂級餐廳的獲獎廚房，再到《頂級廚師》節目現場與艾美獎頒獎典禮的舞台。
透過10章回憶錄與60道食譜，《我為何烹飪》分享了湯姆在爐灶前超過40年的個人反思。從與祖父在黎明前出海釣魚，到在當地游泳俱樂部小吃攤操作平頂煎台，再到在紐約市摸索成為一名年輕廚師，湯姆記錄了那些塑造他個人與廚師身份的菜餚與回憶。
透過這些充滿意義的菜餚、精美的食譜照片以及湯姆童年時期的影像，《我為何烹飪》是迄今為止對湯姆人生最私密的一次回顧。
The stuffed eggplant story alone is worth the price—it reads like a memoir wrapped around a cookbook. I’ve already dog-eared half the pages, and the way he traces each dish back to a specific moment makes you feel like you’re in the kitchen with him.
I picked this up for the storytelling as much as the recipes, and the opening about that bored-kid moment with a stuffed eggplant hooked me immediately. The way Colicchio ties his personal kitchen memories to each dish makes it read like a memoir you can actually cook from.
The first chapter alone, where he recounts that stuffed eggplant from a teenage boredom-fueled experiment, makes you want to run to the kitchen immediately. It reads less like a cookbook and more like a personal conversation with a guy who genuinely loves why we cook.
