Yousee, that's why I didnotopenthisbeforebecause I wantedtocapturethis.
I amfilmmakerafterwards.
So I lovethose.
Youknow, genuinereactions.
Thosespontaneous, youknow, momentsoflife.
Thisisamazing.
Yeah, I like I'm notstuffing.
I'm justdroppingeverythingonthefloor.
It's what?
Whatever.
Oh, no.
Whatdid I justSoonourway, thecouldbunkLookattheseguys.
Just a Frenchguycookingbutagainstwereinforce.
I canswearinFrenchbecauseyourownmind, right?
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I mean, I didannounceitonsocialmediaoninstagramandalsoonYouTubecommunitybecausethere's a tabwhereyoucanhaveloadsofinfo.
Butnowthisisdifferent.
Thisistherealstuff.
Look, thisisverythick.
Whodoyouthinkwroteallthoserecipes?
Likewhoworkatnight?
Youdon't care.
It's It's fair.
It's fair.
Noproblem.
Lookatthis.
Thisis a beauty.
I'm Sowhatyoujustseeinfrontofyou.
Easetheresultoffabouttwoyearsand 1/2 ofwork.
Twoyearsand 1/2.
Atfirst, I wasverysecretaboutthis.
Hello, Paul.
Backer, Thankyouverymuch.
Atfirst, I wasvery, youknow, secretaboutallthis.
Andthen, asas I understoodthatitwasreallygonnahappen.
Then I started, youknow, releasesreleasingsomeinformationshereandthereonFacebook, onTwitteroninstagram.
Andthenitwasofficialabout a monthortwomonthsago.
Andnowthis.
I shouldstatethatthisistheveryfirst, theveryfirstcopyeveroff.
Just a FrenchguyCookingbyAlexisGabriellaNews, whichismyfoodname.
It's a bitlong.
That's why I simplywanttokillmyself.
Alex, Uh, everperiodsofar.
Youseehowmuchthisisever, period.
Sofaisexactlymybook.
Okay, sowithoutfurtherado, let's openthisbook.
I'm veryexcited.
Just a Frenchguycooking.
Thisisthetitle.
Andalso, thisis a nicereminderofftheUtah.
WhereWhataboutyougetit?
You'reverysmart.
Easyrecipesandkitchenhacksforrookies.
Oh, I canseesomethingdownthere.
Thisistheproblemwiththis.
ForwardBywhose?
Whose?
JamieRebuttal.
Whichforward?
ByJamieOliver.
Oh, yes.
Thisisanachievementonitsown.
Okay, let's openit.
Congratulations, Alex.
Thisisyourveryfirstcookbook.
Itlooksamazingfromthewholeteamwhoworkedwithbecause I needtotellyouaboutthis.
I'm gonnatellyouabouthow I didthisbookinjust a second.
Or a lotofLalaLalapicture.
We'reoffintittersissy.
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So I'm notgonna I'm notgonnarevealtoomuchtheforworldbecauseit's ah, it's a veryspecialmessagethatwaswrittensobyJimmyRiver.
I wasreallymovedtheday I readitlikereally, reallypopular.
Sobecausehe's forwardissoamazing, I didn't havetowrote.
I didn't havetowriteanintroformybook, whichis, youknow, I don't know.
It's unbelievabletojusttorealizethat a fewyearsago I didn't have a YouTubegenin.
I didn't have a community.
It's unbelievable.
It's unbelievabletoseethatthings, oh, likelytohappenifyoureallycomeintothemandthentrustme, I didputallmyeffortsonmyloveormycommitmentintomakinggoodvideostryingto, youknow, questionthisstatueschool.
I couldhavebeendoinglikerandomrecipeslikecopingwhattheydo.
Doingextremefoodisnotwhat I wouldhavebeencommittingto.
I'vebeencommittingtotryingasmuchas I cantodooriginalstuff, newstuff, tryingtopushtheboundaries, tryingtoandtryingtojust, youknow, comeupwithnewstuff, comeupwiththem, youknow, interestingstuffon a verylowlevel.
And I thinkthisbookisabouttheexactsamephilosophyit's about.
It's about a guywhohappenstobeFrenchin, umwho's a newcomerinthecookingworldinthefoodworldandwhoDeansomehowsucceedthankstoloadsofstuff, includingpersonwhohavebeenhelpingmeat a verycriticaltime.
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