by Rick Stein · Ebury Press · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780091949914
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«Under a Mackerel Sky» is the autobiography of chef and writer Rick Stein, published by Ebury Press in paperback (320 pages, in English).
Rick Stein recalls his childhood in rural England in the 1950s, between Oxfordshire and Cornwall, marked by freedom and the unpredictable character of his father. After his father's suicide when Rick was eighteen, he travels to Australia, works in the outback and travels through America and Mexico; on returning to Cornwall, he finds his culinary vocation.
The work is subtitled «A Memoir» and was shortlisted for the Specsavers National Book Awards 2013.
For readers of memoirs and biographies, especially those interested in cooking, gastronomy and stories of personal overcoming; also suitable for book clubs.
Christopher Richard Stein is an English celebrity chef, restaurateur, writer and television presenter. Along with business partner and first wife Jill Stein, he runs the Stein hotel and restaurant business in the UK. The business has a number of renowned restaurants, shops and hotels in Padstow along with other restaurants in Winchester and Barnes. He is the head chef and a co-owner of the "Rick Stein at Bannisters" restaurants in Mollymook and Port Stephens in Australia, with his second wife, Sarah. He writes cookery books and has presented numerous cookery series for the BBC.
