{"product_id":"cooked-my-journey-from-the-streets-to-the-stove-9780061153914","title":"Cooked: My Journey from the Streets to the Stove","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy twenty-one, Jeff Henderson was making up to $35,000 a week cooking and selling crack cocaine. By twenty-four, he had been sentenced to nineteen and a half years in prison on federal drug trafficking charges. It was an all-too-familiar story for a young man raised on the streets of South Central LA. But what happened next wasn't.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce inside prison, Jeff Henderson worked his way up from dishwasher to chief prison cook, and when he was released in 1996, he had found his passion and his dream--he would become a professional chef. Barely five years out of federal prison, he was on his way to becoming an executive chef, as well as being a sought-after public speaker on human potential and a dedicated mentor to at-risk youth. A window into the streets and the fast-paced kitchens of world-renowned restaurants, \u003cem\u003eCooked\u003c\/em\u003e is a very human story with a powerful message of commitment, redemption, and change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Henderson, Jeff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/26\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William Morrow \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061153914\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.92h x 5.41w x 0.76d","brand":"Jeff Henderson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39710181851211,"sku":"9780061153914","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_39589010-db7e-48e7-b8e7-015f9b7b10b3.jpg?v=1647973170","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/cooked-my-journey-from-the-streets-to-the-stove-9780061153914","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}