 | Charlie Trotter delivers another top-notch book for the home chef's library in Charlie Trotter Cooks at Home. The over 150 recipes are a distillation of the show-stopping fare that has earned the Chicago restaurateur international acclaim. While bearing the master chef's signature style, the dishes are streamlined with an eye to basic ingredients and straightforward techniques. Trotter begins by discussing classic methods of preparing food, from braising to grilling to sauteing and then moves on the three main sections of the book—Starters, Entrees and Desserts. A model of clarity and approachability, this book will equip you with the recipes and know-how to prepare world-class cuisine in your own kitchen. List Price: $ Price: $22.75   |
 | With over 150 illustrations and black-and-white photos, The Home Chef contains a wealth of information that will please every reader from the beginner to the expert. Full of facts and practical advice, it also contains over 250 delicious recipes voted the best by thousands of cooking experts. List Price: $ Price: $7.98 |
 | New in Paper! Introduction by Alice Waters. This lavishly rich and detailed chronicle of Richard Olney by Richard Olney begins in New York in 1951 where, as a struggling artist, he waited tables in Greenwich Village. It then moves on to Paris and weaves a magical description of food that becomes so real, it were as if you were there with him. List Price: $ Price: $13.56 |
 | 150+ fast & easy recipes plus info on special diets (nondairy, vegan), kid-pleasers & entertaining 416 pgs. Paper List Price: $ Price: $12.80 |
 | 2004 James Beard Award Nominee for Writing & Reference 2004 IACP Award Nominee for Literary/Food Writing Category In this frank and witty memoir, world-renowned chef Jacques Pépin tells how he rose from a frightened thirteen-year-old apprentice in an Old World kitchen to an Emmy Award-winning TV superstar who continues to teach millions of Americans how to cook. We see young Jacques struggling to earn respect while working his way up the kitchen ladder: cooking for Jean-Paul Sartre in a Paris brasserie, fending off the advances of Jean Genet, and clowning as he cooks for Eisenhower and Nehru while employed as Charles de Gaulle's personal chef. At twenty-three he takes off for America, where he immediately makes friends with a small group of as-yet-unknown food lovers, including James Beard, Julia Child, Craig Claiborne, and many others. After a near-fatal car accident, Pépin reinvents himself once again and in the process plays a pivotal role in redefining American food. The Apprentice is the story of a boy's coming of age. But beyond that, it is the story of America's culinary awakening and the transformation of food from a mere afterthought to a cultural touchstone and a national preoccupation. List Price: $ Price: $18.20 |
 | Jacques Pépin, America's favorite French chef, makes your cooking easier with 150 timesaving recipes. Make crackers by spritzing wonton wrappers with oil and bake until golden. Use frozen butternut squash for quick soup. Freeze salmon and cream cheese appetizer rollups for easy slicing. Prepare cheese straws appetizers with frozen puff pastry. Need an elegant entrée in record time? Sauté pork cutlets with prunes and steak sauce. Spoon a rich-tasting sauce of wine, ketchup, and mustard over grilled steak Mix melted chocolate with whipped cream for quick chocolate mousse. Fill a store-bought, hollowed-out pound cake with quick food processor lemon buttercream. List Price: $ Price: $12.60 |
 | Daniel Boulud, renowned French chef and longtime favorite Elle Decor contributor, introduces a new and exciting cookbook, Daniel's Dish. Enticing photographs of succulent dishes are accompanied by recipes straightforward enough for anyone to make. These delectable Boulud Delights, which have graced Elle Decor's pages issue after issue since 1995, are compiled here for the first time in a deluxe hardcover cookbook, along with new recipes created just for this book. Designed with Elle Decor's signature simplicity and elegance, consider this book a personal cooking lesson from Daniel in your very own kitchen. The images are sure to delight, and the outcome of the recipes will boost your culinary confidence to new heights. Daniel's Dish is an ideal cookbook for anyone who loves to cook--and to eat! List Price: $ Price: $27.96 |
 | From one of the nation's most talented young chefs comes a new book that fuses the traditional lowcountry cuisine of the South with an innovative combination of flavors from around the globe. As the executive chef at Cypress--A Lowcountry Grille, Craig Diehl masterfully marries local cuisine with the exotic. His acclaimed global fusion menu focuses on fresh, local ingredients combined with international cooking techniques to create distinctive combinations and flavors. A sampling of recipes: Thai Spiced Short Ribs and Lobster with Edamame, Shiitake Mushrooms, Tear Drop Tomatoes and Celery Root Puree Shrimp and Sausage with Grape Tomatoes, Mint-and-Garlic Broth and Goat Cheese Grits Fresh Oysters with Cucumber-Lime Mignonette, Green Tomato and Wasabi Cocktail Sauce Key Lime White Chocolate Cheesecake Asian Tuna Tartare with Cucumbers, Chile Glaze, Shiitake Mushrooms and Chinese Flatbread List Price: $ Price: $23.06 |
 | 2004 James Beard Award Nominee for Writing & Reference New in Paper! In this frank and witty memoir, world-renowned chef Jacques Pépin tells how he rose from a frightened thirteen-year-old apprentice in an Old World kitchen to an Emmy Award-winning TV superstar who continues to teach millions of Americans how to cook. We see young Jacques struggling to earn respect while working his way up the kitchen ladder: cooking for Jean-Paul Sartre in a Paris brasserie, fending off the advances of Jean Genet, and clowning as he cooks for Eisenhower and Nehru while employed as Charles de Gaulle's personal chef. At twenty-three he takes off for America, where he immediately makes friends with a small group of as-yet-unknown food lovers, including James Beard, Julia Child, Craig Claiborne, and many others. After a near-fatal car accident, Pépin reinvents himself once again and in the process plays a pivotal role in redefining American food. The Apprentice is the story of a boy's coming of age. But beyond that, it is the story of America's culinary awakening and the transformation of food from a mere afterthought to a cultural touchstone and a national preoccupation. List Price: $ Price: $9.80 |
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