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From Scratch: Inside the Food Network Audiobook, by Allen Salkin Play Audiobook Sample

From Scratch: Inside the Food Network Audiobook

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Read By: Julian Fleischer Publisher: Penguin Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 10.50 hours at 1.5x Speed 7.88 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: October 2013 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9780698139145

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

20

Longest Chapter Length:

76:06 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

02:37 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

47:18 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

1

Publisher Description

Big personalities, high drama—the extraordinary behind-the-scenes story of the Food Network, now about to celebrate its twentieth anniversary: the business, media, and cultural juggernaut that changed the way America thinks about food. In October 1993, a tiny start-up called the Food Network debuted to little notice. Twenty years later, it is in 100 million homes, approaches a billion dollars a year in revenue, and features a galaxy of stars whose faces and names are as familiar to us as our own family’s. But what we don’t know about them, and the people behind them, could fill a book. Based upon extensive inside access, documents, and interviews with hundreds of executives, stars, and employees all up and down the ladder, Allen Salkin’s book is an exhilarating roller-coaster ride from chaos to conquest (and sometimes back). As Salkin takes us inside the conference rooms, studios, homes, restaurants, and after-hours meetings, we see a salty Julia Child lording it over the early network performers; a fragile Emeril Lagasse staggering from the sudden public shock of cancellation; a very green Rachael Ray nearly burning down the set on her first day; a torn Tyler Florence accepting the Applebee’s job he knows he can’t refuse, but with a chill running down his spine; a determined Bobby Flay reinventing himself once again to survive. Paula Deen, Tom Colicchio, Anthony Bourdain, Mario Batali, Jamie Oliver, Martha Stewart, Guy Fieri, Cat Cora: Salkin illuminates the people we thought we knew, and the ones we never knew about, in this irresistible story of the intersection between business, television, pop culture, food—and us.

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“With a light wit and balanced perspective, Salkin presents the definitive history of the network from inception to the present day…[A] nuanced and rich tale of an empire that no one expected to survive.”

— Publishers Weekly

Awards

  • Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award
  • A 2013 NPR Best Book
  • A 2013 Entertainment Weekly Best Book

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About Allen Salkin

Allen Salkin has been a journalist for such publications as New York magazine, the Village Voice, and Details. As a reporter for the New York Times, he wrote hundreds of features about food, culture, and media. He lives in New York City.

About Julian Fleischer

Julian Fleischer is a voice actor who is known for his narration of From Scratch: Inside the Tumultuous Billion-Dollar World of the Food Network.