Craveable Obsessed : Journals of Food Addicted Chef

Jeffrey Schlissel

ISBN 13: 9798989252091

Published by The Cookbook Creative (August 7, 2024), 2024

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Craveable Obsessed: Journals of a Food-Addicted Chef is not just a cookbook-it's a confession, a comeback, and a call to healing.Chef Jeffrey Schlissel knows food intimately-how to elevate it, how to hide behind it, and how it nearly cost him everything. As a celebrated chef and food addict in recovery, Jeffrey lays bare his journey through addiction, depression, and the kitchen walls that masked it all. This raw and unfiltered memoir peels back the layers of his culinary career to reveal the painful truth: food wasn't just fuel-it was a weapon, a crutch, and a lie.Part personal diary, part recovery narrative, and part recipe journal, Craveable Obsessed invites readers into the mind of a man who nearly gave up-and the food that helped him come back. Through intimate storytelling and mindful, whole-ingredient recipes, this book is for anyone who has ever used food to cope, to disappear, or to survive.Inside you'll find:Personal essays and journal entries from the brink of burnoutChef-driven, health-conscious recipes designed for food lovers in recoveryReflections on mental health in the hospitality industryA powerful message: it's okay not to be okay-and healing doesn't start with perfection, it starts with truth.Whether you're a fellow chef, a silent struggler, or someone simply looking for recipes with real soul, Craveable Obsessed reminds us that we don't heal by hiding. We heal by telling the story, one plate at a time.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Craveable Obsessed : Journals of Food Addicted Chef
• Publisher: The Cookbook Creative (August 7, 2024)
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798989252091
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 254W x 178H x 9D millimeters 254 millimeters width by 178 millimeters height by 9 millimeters depth
• Weight: 333 grams

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Synopsis

Craveable Obsessed: Journals of a Food Addicted Chef

An unfiltered, award-winning memoir of food, obsession, and the fire that saved a life.

This is not your typical chef story.

This is a raw, confessional dive into the mind of Chef Jeffrey Schlissel—a man who built his career around food while silently drowning in addiction to it.

From the intensity of professional kitchens to the private spiral of binge cycles and self-sabotage, Craveable Obsessed unpacks the battle between flavor and fear, hunger and healing. It’s brutally honest. Sometimes funny. Always human.

Whether you’ve faced food addiction, burnout, or simply want to understand what it means to chase purpose through pain, this book will shake something loose in you.

🟢 Finalist, 2025 Gourmand World Cookbook Awards (Mental Health Category)

🟢 Featured on FOX, Channel 8, and Channel 13

Inside you’ll find:

• A powerful mental health journey grounded in culinary chaos

• Gritty stories from the line, therapy couch, and recovery journal

• Reflections on parenting, purpose, and survival

• A call to those who feel alone at the table

📘 Craveable Obsessed is more than a memoir.

It’s a reminder that you’re not broken. You’re just not done yet.

About the Author

Jeffrey Schlissel is a chef, writer, and mental health advocate whose journey spans over four decades in the culinary world. Battling food addiction, depression, ADHD, and trauma, Jeffrey found healing through cooking, reflection, and asking for help. In Craveable Obsessed, he shares his unfiltered story - full of scars and breakthroughs - to remind every human: it's okay not to be okay. With recipes woven into raw storytelling, Jeffrey offers readers both nourishment and hope - because healing is a messy, beautiful journey, and none of us should walk it alone.