Idwal Jones

History of the wine industry in California, the regions, and the growers.

The chef's towering white toque, the high bonnet, is the mark of achievement to which every young sauce-stirrer aspires. Idwal Jones's urbane novel follows the young provincial Jean as he attempts to master culinary art at the hands of Paris's most distinguished chefs. Jean will win his high bonnet and the royal bearing that accompanies it - but not until he's had many outrageous adventures, in the kitchen and out. High Bonnet is a sly send-up of the seething politics, subtle artistry, and enslavement to the palate that constitute life behind the kitchen's swinging doors. First published in 1945 and out of print for more than four decades, High Bonnet will delight readers of Anthony Bourdain's bestselling Kitchen Confidential or of Ludwig Bemelmans's Hotel Splendide.From the Trade Paperback edition.

Traducción al español del resumen en inglés: Una nueva y magnífica novela ambientada en los años 1860 en la Ciudad de México, La Habana y España sobre un hombre hecho a sí mismo que pierde su fortuna de la noche a la mañana pero encuentra su destino mientras trabaja para restaurar un antiguo viñedo a su antiguo esplendor y ganarse el amor de los combativos viuda que alguna vez fue dueña de la propiedad. "...A magnificent new novel set in 1860s Mexico City, Havana, and Spain about a self-made man who loses his fortune overnight but finds his destiny as he works to restore a legendary vineyard to its former glory, and to win the love of the combative widow who once owned the property."--