{"product_id":"life-on-the-line-isbn-9781592406975","title":"Life, on the Line","description":"\u003cb\u003e \"One of America's great chefs\" (\u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e), Grant Achatz,  shares how his drive to cook immaculate food fueled his miraculous  triumph over tongue cancer. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy 2007 chef Grant Achatz had been named one of the best new chefs  in America by Food \u0026amp; Wine, he had received the James Beard Foundation  Rising Star Chef of the Year Award, and he and Nick Kokonas had opened  the conceptually radical restaurant Alinea, which was named Best  Restaurant in America by Gourmet magazine. Then, positioned firmly in  the world's culinary spotlight, Achatz was diagnosed with stage IV  squamous cell carcinoma-tongue cancer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe prognosis grim, Grant undertook an alternative treatment of  aggressive chemotherapy and radiation that ravaged his body and left  him without a sense of taste. Tapping into his profound discipline and  passion, he trained his chefs to mimic his palate and learned how to  cook with his other senses. As Kokonas was able to attest, the food was  never better. Five months later, Grant was declared cancer-free and  went on to achieve some of the highest honors in the culinary world.  \u003ci\u003eLife, on the Line\u003c\/i\u003e is not only a chef's memoir, it is also a book  about survival, about nurturing creativity, and about profound  friendship.\u003c\/p\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eLife, on the Line\u003c\/i\u003e] may be the best, most inspiring chef memoir  ever written.\" — \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Way\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eLife, on the Line\u003c\/i\u003e] is full of energy and without pretense.\" — \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The next great food memoir.\" — \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDetails\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This must-read for the culinary crowd is the literary equivalent of  caviar and Krug. Foodies will marvel at Achatz's thought process on his  molecular creations, while Kokonas provides a detailed glimpse of the  artistic vision and creation of modern fine dining.\" — \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Writing with the panache of professionals, Achatz, chef and owner of  Chicago's Alinea, and his business partner, Kokonas, relate the story  of Achatz's life and work in a memoir that lives up to its expansive  subtitle. ...Achatz and Kokonas share an engaging, well-written, and  informative description of what it's like to work in commercial  kitchens along with the stirring story of Achatz's fight for his life.\" — \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eGrant Achatz\u003c\/b\u003e is the owner of Alinea, Next and The Aviary in  Chicago. He lives in Chicago. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNick Kokonas\u003c\/b\u003e partnered with Grant Achatz to develop Alinea, Next  and The Aviary. He lives with his wife and two sons in Chicago.","brand":"Avery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302338187493,"sku":"NP9781592406975","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781592406975.jpg?v=1767731438","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/life-on-the-line-isbn-9781592406975","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}