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In 2007, chef Give Achatz seemingly possessed it made. He previously been named among the finest new chefs in the us by Food & Wine in 2002, received the Adam Beard Foundation Growing Legend Chef of the entire year Award in 2003, and in 2005 he and Nick Kokonas opened up the conceptually radical restaurant Alinea, which was called Best Restaurant in the us by Gourmet mag. Then, positioned firmly in the world's culinary spotlight, Achatz was diagnosed with stage IV squamous cell carcinoma - tongue cancer tumor. The prognosis was grim, and doctors arranged that the one course of action was to remove the cancerous cells, which included his whole tongue. Desperate to preserve his quality of life, Grant undertook an alternative solution treatment of extreme chemotherapy and radiation. But the choice came at a cost. Epidermis peeled from the within of Grant's mouth and neck, he quickly lost weight, & most alarmingly, he lost his sense of tastes. Tapping into the discipline, passion, and focus of being a chef, Give rarely missed each day of work. He trained his chefs to mimic his palate and discovered how to cook with his other senses. As Kokonas could attest, the food was never better. Five a few months later, Give was announced cancer-free, and simply a few months following, he received the Adam Beard Groundwork Outstanding Chef in the us Award. Life, on the Lines tells the storyplot of an culinary trailblazer's romance with cooking food, but it is also a book about survival, about nurturing imagination, and about serious friendship. Already much-anticipated by followers of progressive food, Give and Nick's gripping narrative is filled with stories from the world's most renowned kitchens - the French Laundry, Charlie Trotter's, el Bulli - and absolute to extend the audience that made Alinea the number-one reselling restaurant cookbook in the us last year.
