Iliana Regan is a self-taught chef. She is the founder and owner of
the Michelin-starred "new gatherer" restaurant Elizabeth and the
Japanese-inspired pub Kitsune, both located in Chicago. Her cuisine
highlights her midwestern roots and the pure flavor of the often
foraged ingredients of her upbringing. A James Beard Award and Jean
Banchet Award nominee, Regan was named one of Food & Wine's Best
New Chefs of 2016.
Eileen Stevens is a voice-over actress living and working in New
York City whose voice can be heard on cartoons, promos, programs
for English-language learners, and audiobooks. She has voiced Iris
on Pokémon. An Earphones Award-winning narrator, she has also
directed and produced audiobooks for over six years.
"A thrilling, disquieting memoir of addition and coming of
age...Regan's book unfolds in episodic snapshots, their chronology
ricocheting like a pinball; the effect is less a life story than an
exacting, often disquieting exercise in excavating the self."--
"New Yorker"
"Being harsh, prickly, and foulmouthed is nothing new when it comes
to chefs, but Burn the Place is anything but a typical chef's
memoir."-- "New York Times Book Review"
"Regan's debut memoir is an unusually poetic journey...A
well-written and honest chef memoir, both rough and charming."--
"Library Journal"
"Regan's struggles and eventual triumph make Burn the Place a
riveting read."-- "New City Lit"
"The basic narrative elements that comprise Regan's story--a misfit
hero fumbling and bootstrapping her way to culinary fame--are
compelling."-- "Kirkus Reviews"
"The book is of a piece with her restaurants, earthy and nearly
gothic in places, evoking a farmsteading childhood, as well as
alcohol abuse, tragedy, and settling into a sexuality not always
cohesive with rural Indiana."-- "Chicago Tribune"
"Told without skirting around darkness and with an engrossing
narrative style, Burn the Place brings readers into Regan's life
and dreams."-- "Booklist"
With a voice that's both bold and filled with determination, Iliana
Regan's story is a memorable tale, who's prose deeply conveys the
resilience and intensity she needed to find her undeniable success.
Burn the Place will serve as inspiration for those in and outside
of the kitchen."-- "Eric Ripert, chef and co-owner of Le
Bernardin"
"Foodies will appreciate this blistering yet tender story of a
woman transforming Midwestern cooking, in a fresh voice all her
own."-- "Publishers Weekly"
"Iliana Regan writes the way she cooks: with a voice that's bold
and soulful, tender and tough, impossible to ignore, and utterly
her own." -- "Jeff Gordinier, author of Hungry"
"Iliana's perspective is honest and unprocessed and speaks true to
her own experiences. Burn the Place takes us through the incredible
events that shaped her identity as a person and a chef. Iliana is
one of the best chefs I've ever known." -- "David Chang, chef and
founder, Momofuku"
"Regan is out to shake up the literary world in the same ways she's
shaken the culinary world. Unexpected, flavorful, and distinctive,
Burn the Place is a debut to savor." -- "Beth Ann Fennelly, author
of Heating & Cooling"
"Regan's wild rags-to-Michelin story has appeal far beyond the
'foodie' market, particularly among those hungry for tales of
unapologetic women who have made it entirely on their own terms."
-- "Gina Frangello, author of Every Kind of Wanting"
"With this deeply personal work, Iliana reminds us that there is
great strength in vulnerability. Her story is one of resilience,
determination, and vision." -- "René Redzepi, chef and co-owner of
Noma, Copenhagen, Denmark"
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