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Why I Cook

By: Tom Colicchio
Narrated by: Will Damron, Tom Colicchio
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Tom Colicchio cooked his first recipe at 13 years old—a stuffed eggplant from an issue of Cuisine magazine that he picked up out of boredom—and it changed his life.

Listeners are in for a treat as the talented Will Damron (who has read over 700 audiobooks) delivers an immersive account of Emmy Award-winning celebrity chef and beloved restaurateur Tom Colicchio’s life, challenges, and success.

With warmth and tenderness, Damron navigates the extraordinary personal journey that brought Tom from his working-class Italian background in Elizabeth, New Jersey, to the award-winning kitchens of New York City’s best restaurants, to the set of Top Chef and the stage of the Emmy Awards.

Through 10 memoir chapters, 60 recipes, and expertise that spans more than 40 years behind the stove, Why I Cook is the most personal look into Tom’s life yet as it chronicles the dishes and memories that shaped him as a person and chef.

The audio edition of Why I Cook includes an accompanying PDF and more than 30 minutes of bonus content, where Tom shares additional reflections on his early life, its connection to his professional career, his culinary experiments, and much more.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

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Interview: Chef Tom Colicchio finally serves up his personal story in "Why I Cook"

'And so getting into a kitchen was just this amazing stimulant for me. There was so much action.'
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Honesty and openness from Chef Collichio is so real

Thank you, Chef for sharing your life and passion. Your openness about the struggles you faced while becoming an amazing chef are touching and real. Makes you more appealing and personable.

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Chapter 6 and 7 are duplicates. It’s starts “4” but it’s not.

Chapter 6 and seven are duplicates. They start out four but it’s not supposed to be chapter 4.

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