From a Cat House to the White House: The Story of an African-American Chef
- ISBN-10
- 142416401X
- ISBN-13
- 9781424164011
- Category
- African American cooking
- Pages
- 169
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- Publishamerica Incorporated
- Author
- Jesse Pender
Description
From the Cat House to the White House: The Story of an African-American Chef is the fascinating autobiography of a ninety-year-old African-American who was born in a sharecropper cabin in North Carolina, taught to cook by the madame of a brothel, and ended up chefing for President Gerald Ford, Frank Sinatra, George Burns, Bob Hope, Elizabeth Taylor and other celebrities. His signature dish was a lemon meringue pie and his memoir includes recipes for it and other very special dishes.
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