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SUMMARY:Meet The Author: Chef Curtis Duffy - "Fireproof" 
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DESCRIPTION:Michelin-starred chef Curtis Duffy discusses his memoir "Firep
 roof" in conversation with restaurant critic Louisa Kung Liu Chu. Book sig
 ning with Duffy and co-author Jeremy Wagner to follow. .\nhttps://hplibrar
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Michelin-starred chef Curtis Duffy of Grac
 e and Ever restaurants discusses his memoir\,&nbsp\;<em>Fireproof: Memoir 
 of a Chef\,</em>&nbsp\;written with Jeremy Wagner.</p>\n<p><em>Fireproof</
 em> charts chef Curtis Duffy&rsquo\;s rise in spite of trauma\, to being m
 entored by and recognized among the world&rsquo\;s top chefs. Amid childho
 od chaos in rural Ohio\, a young Duffy first found refuge in home ec class
 \, then at one of Columbus&rsquo\;s best restaurants\, where he honed his 
 skills.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>In Chicago\, Duffy worked in chef Charlie Trotter&r
 squo\;s kitchen&mdash\;a hotbed of talent that produced prominent alumni s
 uch as Grant Achatz\, Graham Elliot\, and Homaro Cantu. Inspired by stella
 r peers and staging for Thomas Keller at the French Laundry\, Duffy&rsquo\
 ;s drive only grew.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>His meteoric rise would cost him a marr
 iage&mdash\;the price of ambition\, focus\, and Grace restaurant. Grace ea
 rned three Michelin stars four years in a row\, solidifying Duffy&rsquo\;s
  place as one of the world&rsquo\;s greatest culinary artists. But in a he
 artbreaking act of defiance\, Duffy walked out after disputes with Grace&r
 squo\;s owner.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Unstoppable\, Duffy created Ever restaurant&
 mdash\;a launch nearly derailed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Ever earned two 
 Michelin stars from 2021-2024. Duffy was ranked one of the &ldquo\;50 Most
  Powerful People in American Fine Dining&rdquo\; in 2024 by the Robb Repor
 t.</p>\n<p><strong>In conversation with<em> Chicago Tribune</em> restauran
 t critic Louisa Kung Liu Chu.</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Books will be for s
 ale and the event will conclude with a book signing&nbsp\;with Curtis Duff
 y and co-author Jeremy Wagner.&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<p><strong>The first 1
 0 people to arrive will receive a copy of the book. One book per household
 \, please.</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Event will be held at Edgweood Middle 
 School\, 929 Edgewood Road\, Highland Park.</strong></p>\n<p><img src="htt
 ps://static.libnet.info/frontend-images/editor/hplibrary/Jeremy_Wagner_Aut
 hor_Photo_Stephanie_Cabral.jpg" title="Jeremy Wagner" width="185" height="
 278" alt="" style="margin: 0px 20px 20px 0px\; float: right\;" /></p>\n<p>
 </p>\n<p>Learn more about Chef Duffy at CurtisDuffy.com\, and follow Chef 
 Duffy at&nbsp\;@curtisduffy.</p>\n<p>Jeremy Wagner is a guitarist\, songwr
 iter\, and bestselling author. His debut novel<em> The Armageddon Chord</e
 m> is the recipient of the Hiram Award and is a Barnes &amp\; Noble Top 10
  paperback bestseller. His novel <em>Rabid Heart</em></p>\n<p>was nominate
 d for a Splatterpunk Award for Best Horror Novel\, received an Independent
  Publisher&rsquo\;s IPPY Award for both Best Horror e-Book\, and was a Nex
 t Generation Book Award finalist for Best Horror Novel.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Alo
 ng with<em> Fireproof\, </em>Wagner is releasing a dark-crime novel <em>Wr
 etch.</em>&nbsp\;Wagner has released several albums with his bands Broken 
 Hope and Earthburner.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><strong><img src="https://st
 atic.libnet.info/frontend-images/editor/hplibrary/Louisa_Chu.jpg" title="L
 ouisa Kung Liu Chu" width="228" height="228" alt="" style="float: left\; m
 argin: 0px 20px 20px 0px\;" /></strong></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Louisa Kung Liu C
 hu was nominated for the Craig Claiborne Distinguished Criticism Award by 
 the James Beard Foundation in 2022 and 2024. Previously\, she worked as a 
 chef\, staged at Michelin three-starred restaurants and was a fixer for An
 thony Bourdain. Chu is a Chinese American immigrant\, born in Hong Kong\, 
 raised in Chicago\, and worked at her family&rsquo\;s chop suey restaurant
 .&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>The event will be held at Edgewood Middle School\
 , 929 Edgewood Rd\, Highland Park.</strong></p>\nhttps://hplibrary.libnet.
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