The Convict Chef

Author : Landrew Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : PSU:000017899222

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The Convict Chef by Landrew Smith Pdf

"Steak on a shovel, pickled pig skins, and Right and Ready, a potent brew of fruits, bread, sugar and potatoes are just a few of the illegal foods and liquors prepared in jails around the country by hungry convicts, known as bandit cooks. These prisoners work with whatever foods they can pilfer and their ingenuity turns standard prison equipment like boiler room shovels and furnaces, wire coat hangers, tin cans, and toilet paper, into utensils to prepare their creative after-hours food and drink with. ... But cooking is so much more than a formula or routine and Smith communicates this pleasure. his descriptions of superb prison meals he has eaten such as those at Danbury Federal Prison, are mouth-watering, and his own recipes, many devised and named to honor prison personnel , will tantalize the tastebuds (including one recipe for Conquest Chicken that has guaranteed aphrodisiac powers). Menu samples from such notorious jails as San Quentin and Folsom Prison are included, as well as prisoners' favorite recipes. A different kind of cookbook by a chef who has a wide range of experience, and a well-documented study of prison food, The Convict Chef is also an absorbing account, told without bitterness or self-pity, of one man's odyssey through the United States correction system. Spiced with peppery personality studies, as well as piquant recipes including "Lockup Tomato Casserole" and "Larceny Chicken Supreme," this is truly a unique book." --Dust jacket.

Author : William Bonham
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781501139512

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Prisoner in the Kitchen by William Bonham Pdf

Winner of Simon & Schuster’s memoir contest in conjunction with AARP and the Huffington Post, the memoir of a man’s coming-of-age as a civilian cook in a maximum-security prison. In 1973, recent Montana transplant William Bonham desperately needs a job. Hoping to take advantage of his background working in restaurants and diners, he finally comes across a listing for a position offering great money and benefits—at Montana State Prison in Deer Lodge. He takes it. As food service supervisor in the kitchen of the maximum-security prison, Bonham oversees a kitchen crew of convicts that prepares and serves each meal. Among his staff are Earl, a homely baker; Aldrich, a timid young dishwasher; Smoky Boy, the prison’s most feared and respected convict; Mackey, who claims to have cooked at Seattle’s Olympic Hotel in his pre-incarceration life; and Reed, a cook whose calm, witty demeanor wins over Bonham. Over the next year, Bonham comes to care for his crew. Although he knows that these men have committed unforgiveable crimes, Bonham forms a camaraderie with them that borders on friendship—until a late-night incident calls his judgment into question. Told with humor and empathy, A Prisoner in the Kitchen is the redemptive tale of Bonham’s transformation from a bright-eyed optimist who sees the good in everyone to a man who understands and revels in the complexities of human nature.

Author : Brian D. Price
Publisher : Artnik
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2005-04-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1903906385

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Meals to Die for by Brian D. Price Pdf

Author : Jeff Henderson
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780061736919

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Cooked by Jeff Henderson Pdf

By 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. Once 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, Cooked is a very human story with a powerful message of commitment, redemption, and change.

Author : Barbara Esposito,Lee Wood
Publisher : Abolish Prison Slavery
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Convict labor
ISBN : 9780910007009

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Prison Slavery by Barbara Esposito,Lee Wood Pdf

Author : Albert "Prodigy" Johnson,Kathy Iandoli
Publisher : Kingston Imperial
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0997146230

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Commissary Kitchen by Albert "Prodigy" Johnson,Kathy Iandoli Pdf

“Ultimately, these aren't recipes you're likely to try at home ― though they might be just the thing when your refrigerator is bare.” ― NPR Books Simple recipes for a complex world. Here's what you get at the Commissary Kitchen: - Clean Hands Sweet Potato Pie - Spicy Seafood - Don’t Be Salty Chicken Ramen - Barbecue Salmon - Vegetarian Curry And a lot more. In the Fall of 2016, rapper Prodigy released his Commissary Kitchen cookbook as a long-awaited addendum to his critically acclaimed 2011 memoir My Infamous Life: The Autobiography of Mobb Deep’s Prodigy. Originally, Prodigy’s vision for Commissary Kitchen was to highlight the bare bones prison conditions to which inmates are subjected to and forcibly requiring a broad scope of ideas when it comes to the limited nutrition provided from food purchased within the commissary. The conversation was taken to Harvard, MIT, and Yale, with televised appearances on NBC’s The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon, TMZ, and a lengthy discussion with legendary radio personality Angie Martinez during the Barnes & Noble book launch, as well as a food truck at the renowned Smorgasburg. In My Infamous Life, Prodigy detailed his mindset and need for self-reflection while imprisoned, but took it a step further with Commissary Kitchen by using recipes to tell the stories of life in prison, as he grappled with staying healthy as a quiet sufferer of the SS Type of Sickle Cell Anemia, by far the most fatal. Prodigy surrendered to the disease in 2017, though much like his music, his impact lives on forever. As the world became entrenched in a global pandemic this book provides a glimpse of ways to survive under meager conditions. Once again Commissary Kitchen proves useful, as what was once a prison and college dormitory favorite can now be applied to most human lives in search of fun and moderately healthy recipes using well-preserved items like canned goods with simple appliances and utensils. From omelets to black bean curry, simple sauces and reductions, there’s plenty to pull from Commissary Kitchen as our current need is to stretch our food supply as far and most affordable as possible ―especially with escalating unemployment rates. Prodigy’s initial intent was to save lives, and here he’s doing it again. Commissary Kitchen is much more than a fun gift book; it’s an essential survival guide for these uncertain times. Rest In Peace, Prodigy.

Author : Sabrina Mahfouz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Cooking
ISBN : OCLC:1038796527

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Chef by Sabrina Mahfouz Pdf

'Chef' tells the gripping story of how one woman went from being a haute-cuisine head chef to a convicted inmate running a prison kitchen. Leading us through her world of mouth-watering dishes and heart-breaking memories, 'Chef' questions our attitudes to food, prisoners, violence, love and hope.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : SIU Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Parole
ISBN : 0809389495

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The Professional Convict's Tale by Anonim Pdf

Challenging the ideology of treatment in the prison world The Professional Convict’s Tale: The Survival of John O’Neill In and Out of Prison offers a unique, inside view of life behind bars in the 1960s. Elmer H. Johnson, a criminologist who has specialized in prison life for half a century, gave Menard Penitentiary parolee John O’Neill a tape recorder and a set of questions designed to draw out his opinions and observations about the prison world. This study frames O’Neill’s responses with Johnson’s analysis. O’Neill’s narrative guides readers through the world beyond the prison gate as he shares his strategies for survival and proposes alternatives to rebellion or submission. He discusses the fractionalization between the keepers and the kept and the effects that subterranean communication, threats of inmate predators, and prison riots can have on the psyche of both inmates and staff. O’Neill’s frustrations and the inadequate responses from the community to which he was paroled illustrate the social costs and impact of parole for the community and for the parolee. Although O’Neill recorded his comments more than forty years ago, they are still relevant today when thousands of convicts are being released from prison each year.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1865
Category : Andaman Islands (India)
ISBN : OXFORD:590020665

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Annual Report on the Convict Settlement of Port Blair for the Year ... by Anonim Pdf

Author : Christopher Zoukis
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780786495337

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College for Convicts by Christopher Zoukis Pdf

The United States accounts for 5 percent of the world's population, yet incarcerates about 25 percent of the world's prisoners. Examining a wealth of studies by researchers and correctional professionals, and the experience of educators, this book shows recidivism rates drop in direct correlation with the amount of education prisoners receive, and the rate drops dramatically with each additional level of education attained. Presenting a workable solution to America's mass incarceration and recidivism problems, this book demonstrates that great fiscal benefits arise when modest sums are spent educating prisoners. Educating prisoners brings a reduction in crime and social disruption, reduced domestic spending and a rise in quality of life. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

Author : Clifton Collins Jr.,Gustavo “Goose” Alvarez
Publisher : Workman Publishing Company
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-03
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9780761187028

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Prison Ramen by Clifton Collins Jr.,Gustavo “Goose” Alvarez Pdf

“These recipes make me smile and laugh out loud with joy, memory, and awe at their total culinary genius. All born from a bond of pure hunger?”—Samuel L. Jackson, from the Foreword When you’re in prison, a little money in the commissary can mean the difference between a life of flavorless misery and the pleasure of re-creating a taste of childhood. And it starts with Ramen. Filled with contributions from anonymous inmates as well as names you’ll recognize, such as guitarist Slash and actors Danny Trejo, Taryn Manning, and Shia LaBeouf, Prison Ramen is an original collection of inspired Ramen hacks: Hit Man Burritos. Sloppy Ramen Joe. Onion Tortilla Ramen Soup. Shawshank Spread. And Orange Porkies: Chile ramen + white rice + 1 bag pork skins + orange-flavored punch. Firsthand stories of life in prison, told by each of the contributors, go a long way to explaining the joy of doctoring a bag of Ramen. A joy you can now re-create in the freedom of your own kitchen.

Author : A.E. Stearns
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2024-04-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781040010785

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Prison Recipes and Prison Cookbooks by A.E. Stearns Pdf

Prison Recipes and Prison Cookbooks provides an innovative exploration of U.S.-based prison cookbooks using a narrative criminological approach. The book relies on the voices of prison cookbook authors to argue that cookbook narratives are a form of communication with the free world. Further, the book undertakes thematic analyses of prison cookery and narratives to illuminate the intersections of incarceration with abolition, gender, literacy, and dehumanization. The reader is introduced to the power and symbolism of cell made food, as well as the agency and resourcefulness of those who cook, bake, and write about food behind bars. Prison Recipes and Prison Cookbooks is of interest to instructors of courses covering the sociology of food, criminology, human geography, and anthropology. The book is also appropriate for prison and probation services, health organizations, and anyone engaged in the criminal-legal system, abolition movements, or social reform.

Author : National Committee on Prisons,Ernest Stagg Whitin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1912
Category : Convict labor
ISBN : NYPL:33433075964662

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Penal Servitude by National Committee on Prisons,Ernest Stagg Whitin Pdf

Author : Artie Cuisine
Publisher : Goodreadbooks, Incorporated
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 0615419275

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Jailhouse Cookbook by Artie Cuisine Pdf

JAILHOUSE COOKBOOK: A Prisoner's Recipe Bible Chef Artie Cuisine's Jailhouse Cookbook: A Prisoner's Recipe Bible, is a deliciously entertaining, biographical jailhouse cooking saga, a vivid portrayal of an incarcerated NYC chef's culinary life. Rudely eloquent and irreverent it's a quirky journey of physical and emotional survival. Chef Artie paid his debt to society cooking all the way A 268 page no-holds-barred tell-all about a stubborn, plucky, resolute chef's passion to cook and eat well while serving time. This lighthearted insight into New York prison life is part story, manual, food survival handbook, humor and inspiration. 110 hard-to-believe-can-be-cooked-in-prison gourmet recipes with detailed instructions, developed for a demanding inmate clientele of high flying embezzlers, drug czars, extortionists "etc." Cook these recipes at home, in school dorms, RVs, on camping trips, and IN JAIL, any place without a proper kitchen. Devising banquets in prison dorms was his recreation, his currency, his safety net, and his challenge. Artie's survival mantra "No oven? No stove? No problem " strengthened his resolve to eat well in prison - even in the 'Box'. Cooking was a daily dare. Self preservation = gang protection in exchange for dinner on the table. Years in the trenches of NY's finest restaurant kitchens prepared him for this. He proudly followed the Marine credo: 'Improvise, Adapt, Overcome'. "Sure in winter you can put sodas out on the window sill, but baking 3-layer cakes and fresh pizzas in an oven-less prison dorm Passing Artie's dorm astounded inmates saw fresh pasta hanging to dry, a white sheet thrown over a locker as a dining table, a centerpiece of cell-made garlic breadsticks, and bowls of mouthwatering food. Inmates wanting to pick up kitchen skills and eat well pitched in with food or labor. This is 'Cooking 101'. Mastering Artie's techniques could set you on a career path for an outside job in a restaurant kitchen. Recession proof skills to have - Everybody Eats Find recipes for foods you crave in: Breakfast Items; Soups & Entrees; Taste of Spain; Asian Corner; Little Italy; Some Sauces & A Few Extras; Desserts & Sweet Things; and an unexpected Holiday Menu chapter with sumptuous dishes for a prison Thanksgiving, Easter and Christmas: Pineapple-Glazed Baked Ham; BBQ Fried Chicken; Roast Garlic Whipped Potatoes; Candied Yams; Caramelized Onion & Corn Stuffing; Apple Orange Cranberry Sauce; Cookie Crusted Pumpkin Pie; and more. Chef Artie reveals how to navigate the prison system with: Equipment to Make Your Cooking Life Easier; Food Items Sold at My Commissary; Food and Utensils My Facilities Allowed Sent in From Outside; and Typical Foods I Requested From Home. There's a Glossary, and Weights and Measures tips - a 16 oz bean can speaks for itself So hold onto your toque, grab your apron, and take a wild ride with Chef Artie as he weaves his magic in Jailhouse Cookbook: The Prisoner's Recipe Bible. Chef Artie lives in Europe, cooking, eating, writing and jogging on the beach with his dog. He is a restaurateur, TV chef and consultant. He is also author of A 19 YEAR RUN: NYC Skateboard Kid to Party Animal - Hotshot Chef - Elite Drug Dealer, and "Guest of The State "

Author : Terrance Wallace
Publisher : Turn Around Place Publishing
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2022-03-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9798985672510

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Recipe for Success by Terrance Wallace Pdf

When the prison doors opened for Terrance Wallace, he was ready to leave behind a life of crime for a better path. Now, he wants to help you do that as well. Terrance "Chef Tee" Wallace, sentenced for up to 10 years for drug dealing and armed robbery, took control of his life and turned it around. Taking an opportunity of learning to cook while he was serving time, he worked with his mentors to educate himself and ended up becoming a success story that many can emulate and model from. Here is his story, rising from the lows of poverty, misdirection, drugs, and jail to the highs of celebrity cooking and international travel. And now he has opened up an avenue of opportunity for others in similar situations through his non-profit, the Turn Around Place. If you have the drive, if you have the will to turn yourself around, he will help you!