J. Kenji López-Alt
James Kenji López-Alt also known as J. Kenji López-Alt or Kenji is an American cook and food writer .
Life
Early life and education
He was born James Kenji Alt, son of the geneticist and immunologist Frederick Alt of Harvard University and the maternal grandson of the chemist Koji Nakanishi. López-Alt graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2002 with a focus on architecture. He got his first restaurant job during his sophomore year. There he jumped in for a missing cook at short notice. After the marriage, they combined their surnames, so that their name was subsequently López-alt.
Career
Among other things, he has worked as a test cook for Cook's Illustrated magazine and America's Test Kitchen. He was also the “Managing Culinary Director” and is the “Chief Culinary Consultant” of the food blog “Serious Eats”, in which he wrote the James Beard Award-nominated column “The Food Lab”. He is also a columnist for Cooking Light.
His first book, The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science , was published by WW Norton & Company in September 2015. The book was a New York Times bestseller and won the 2016 James Beard Foundation Award for General Cooking and the International Association of Culinary Professionals Award for Best American Cookbook and Cookbook of the Year.
As of 2019, Kenji lives in San Mateo , California, having previously lived in New York City and Boston . López-Alt opened the Wursthall Restaurant & Bierhaus in San Mateo, California with partners Adam Simpson and Tyson Mao. A second store in San Jose was announced in November 2018 and is expected to open in 2019.
López-Alt is expected to release a sequel to The Food Lab in 2021 . He is also working on a picture book for children with Gianna Ruggiero.
Publications
- J. Kenji López-Alt: The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science , 1st edition, WW Norton & Company, 2015, ISBN 978-0393081084 .
Web links
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eater Staff: Fall 2015's Best Cookbooks: Cooking Pros Bring It Home. September 3, 2015, accessed April 17, 2020 .
- ^ Joanna Pearlstein: The Ultimate Book for Science Nerds Who Cook . In: Wired . September 24, 2015, ISSN 1059-1028 ( wired.com [accessed April 17, 2020]).
- ^ Valerie Ryan Globe Correspondent: He's the modern Mr. Wizard. In: The Boston Globe. October 20, 2015, accessed April 17, 2020 (American English).
- ↑ a b Science becomes delicious in 'The Food Lab'. In: The Sacramento Bee. December 16, 2015, archived from the original on December 16, 2015 ; accessed on April 17, 2020 .
- ↑ J. Kenji López-Alt: My sister's words about my grandfather are nice.pic.twitter.com/RbDPlL3rxG. In: twitter.com/@kenjilopezalt. Retrieved April 17, 2020 .
- ^ Q&A With James Beard Award-Winning Cookbook Author J. Kenji Lopez-Alt. In: 7x7.com. Retrieved April 17, 2020 .
- ^ Alumnus Takes Food Out of the Kitchen and into the Lab. Retrieved April 17, 2020 .
- ↑ Silvia Killingsworth: Kenji López-Alt's Obsessive Kitchen Experiments. Retrieved April 17, 2020 .
- ↑ Masthead. Retrieved April 17, 2020 .
- ↑ The Complete 2015 JBF Award Nominees | James Beard Foundation. Retrieved April 17, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Kenji Lopez-Alt. Retrieved April 17, 2020 .
- ^ The Food Lab. WW Norton & Company, November 2, 2016; Archived from the original on November 2, 2016 ; accessed on April 17, 2020 .
- ^ Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous Books - Best Sellers - . In: The New York Times . December 20, 2015, ISSN 0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed April 17, 2020]).
- ^ Winners - IACP. December 5, 2018, archived from the original on December 5, 2018 ; accessed on April 17, 2020 .
- ↑ Mr. Wizard's Food Lab: J. Kenji López-Alt's unlikely path to stardom. September 9, 2015, accessed April 17, 2020 (American English).
- ↑ Ellen Fort: Internet Food Guru J. Kenji Lopez-Alt Opening Real Life Beer and Sausage Hall. June 20, 2017, accessed April 17, 2020 .
- ↑ Caleb Pershan: A Second Beer Hall From Recipe Expert J. Kenji López-Alt Is on the Way. November 30, 2018, accessed April 17, 2020 .
- ↑ r / IAmA - Comment by u / J_Kenji_Lopez-Alt on ”I'm J. Kenji López-Alt, recipe writer, chef, author of The Food Lab and the NYT Food sections newest columnist. I'm here to help with your holiday cooking questions or anything else. AMA ”. Retrieved April 17, 2020 (American English).
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SURNAME | López-Alt, J. Kenji |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | López-Alt, James Kenji (full name); Kenji |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American chef and food writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |