Better Than Coco Chanel Whatever!

This is what I got for Valentine's Day from my darling husband - Coco, a 440 page book about the new culinary vanguard shaping the cuisine of the 21st century. This book presents 100 of the best emerging contemporary chefs from all corners of the globe as selected by 10 culinary icons: Ferran Adrià, Mario Batali, Shannon Bennett, Alain Ducasse, Fergus Henderson, Yoshihiro Murata, Gordon Ramsay, René Redzepi, Alice Waters and Jacky Yu.

Main reason why Alvin bought this particular book? It contemplates the humble beginnings of these emerging chefs and narrates the journey each took in order to be where they are today. He wanted it to be an inspiration to me - to achieve my dream of one day starting my own underground restaurant.

Thanks to the riot of glorious information — narrative, visual, and technical, this is a book that I am going to enjoy leafing through. This is better than Coco Chanel bag!