Random House

Chez Panisse Menu Cookbook

This timeless addition to the Chez Panisse paperback cookbook library assembles 120 of the restaurant’s best menus, including galas, festivals, and special occasion meals that have become such gustatory celebrations. A full range of menus is featured, from picnics to informal suppers. Line …

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Chez Panisse Cooking

“Extraordinary,” “poetic,” and “inspired” are only a few words that have been used to describe the food at Chez Panisse. Since the first meal served there in 1971, Alice Waters’s Berkeley, California, restaurant has revolutionized American cooking, earning its place among the truly great restaurants of the world. Renowned for the brilliant innovations of its ever-changing menu, Chez …

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The Inn at Little Washington Cookbook: A Consuming Passion

This cookbook is the distillation of a life’s work by a self-taught American chef who learned to cook by reading cookbooks and went on to become one of the world’s most renowned chefs. O’Connell began his career with a catering business in an old farmhouse, cooking on a wood stove with an electric frying pan purchased for $1.49 …

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Amuse-Bouche: Little Bites Of Delight Before the Meal Begins

Amuse-bouche (pronounced ah-myuz boosh) are today what hors d’oeuvres were to America in the 1950s: a relatively unknown feature of French culinary tradition that, once introduced, immediately became standard fare. Chefs at many fine restaurants offer guests an amuse-bouche, a bite-sized treat that excites the tongue and delights the eye, before the meal is served. Nobody does it …

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Prune

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom Gabrielle Hamilton, bestselling author of Blood, Bones & Butter, comes her eagerly anticipated cookbook debut filled with signature recipes from her celebrated New York City restaurant Prune. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLYNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE SEASON BY Time • O: The Oprah Magazine • …

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The German Cookbook: A Complete Guide to Mastering Authentic German Cooking

Now in a celebratory fiftieth anniversary edition, The German Cookbook is the definitive authority on German cuisine, from delicious soups and entrees to breads, desserts, and the greatest baking specialties in the world. In addition to easy-to-follow recipes, renowned food writer Mimi Sheraton also includes recommendations for restaurants at home and abroad, as well as tips on ordering …

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Rao’s Cookbook: Over 100 Years of Italian Home Cooking

Rao’s, the hundred-year-old restaurant with a mere ten tables tucked in a corner of East Harlem in what was once a  legendary Italian neighborhood, is one of the most sought-after restaurants in all of Manhattan. Its tables are booked months in advance by regulars who go to enjoy what The New York Times calls its “exquisitely simple Italian cooking” …

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Only in Naples: Lessons in Food and Famiglia from My Italian Mother-in-Law

Full of lighthearted humor, sumptuous food, the wisdom of an Italian mother-in-law, and all the atmosphere of Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan Novels, this warm and witty memoir follows American-born Katherine Wilson on her adventures abroad. Thanks to a surprising romance—and a spirited woman who teaches her to laugh, to seize joy, and to love—a three-month rite of passage in …

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32 Yolks: From My Mother’s Table to Working the Line

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Hailed by Anthony Bourdain as “heartbreaking, horrifying, poignant, and inspiring,” 32 Yolks is the brave and affecting coming-of-age story about the making of a French chef, from the culinary icon behind the renowned New York City restaurant Le Bernardin. In an industry where celebrity chefs are known as much for their salty talk …

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My Kitchen Year: 136 Recipes That Saved My Life

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Los Angeles Times • NPR • Men’s Journal • BookPage • Booklist • Publishers WeeklyIn the fall of 2009, the food world was rocked when Gourmet magazine was abruptly shuttered by its parent company. No one was more stunned by this unexpected turn of events than its beloved …

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