3-35-09 Cooked by Jeff Henderson - Non-Fiction

4 - I really like that Henderson didn't shy away from the life that sent him to prison where he learned his love of the kitchen. It makes for a much fuller picture of the kind of chef and man he has become. He was a drug dealer in California just as crack cocaine hit the scene. He was young, rich, and very good at what he did. And then he got caught. The food stories are good too, from the tales of the prison kitchens to his jobs in California restaurants. Henderson is driven to be on top and be the best and, as a chef at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, he is well on his way there.