JAMES BEARD AWARD NOMINEE • A sharply crafted and unflinchingly honest memoir about gangs, drugs, cooking, and living life on the line—both on the streets and in the kitchen—from one of the most exciting stars in the food world today
“As compelling or more so than Boyz N the Hood and Menace II Society . . . When Corbin writes about his life, it burns with the intensity of the best pulp fiction, but it isn’t fiction—it’s the life he lived.”—Los Angeles Times
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Salon
“Corbin traces his remarkable rise from a life behind bars to a successful career as a chef. . . . [An] exhilarating saga of drugs, crime, and culinary passion, .”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) "A remarkable memoir." —Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, author of How to Be an Antiracist