restaurateurs

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restaurateurs

Fresh off the boat

a memoir
2013
A Taiwanese-American rebel restaurateur chronicles his rise to success from his difficult childhood in the American South to his decision to embrace all he had learned about food in his father's restaurants and his mother's kitchen to create his own culinary identity.

Dave Thomas

honesty pays
2005
Examines the life of Dave Thomas, founder of the Wendy's hamburger restaurants, discussing his childhood, his success in the restaurant business, his devotion to the cause of adoption, and his policy of honesty.

Chinese take out

a novel
2003
Painter Orloff Trenchant agrees to carve a headstone for a recently deceased restaurateur in the shape of a Chinese takeout box.

Gil's All Fright Diner

2005
Earl and Duke stop in at a roadside diner in Rockwood County, and Loretta, the cafe's owner asks them to help solve the zombie problem that is troubling the local town.

Ray Kroc

2003
Examines the early life of Ray Kroc, shares the story of how he started the McDonald's chain of fast food restaurants, and discusses his contributions to charity, and his purchase of the San Diego Padres.

Ray Kroc

famous restaurant owner
1989
A biography of the businessman whose purchase of a small restaurant in the 1950s resulted in the international chain of McDonald's restaurants. Includes information on setting goals.

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