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California Home Cooking: American Cooking in the California Style
by Michele Anna Jordan
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Features
Hardcover: 528 pages
Publisher: Harvard Common Press November 1997
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1558321187
ISBN-13: 978-1558321182
Product Dimensions:
9.4 x 7.7 x 1.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds
Product Review
California is the home of the food revolution that has transformed American eating for the better since the 1960s. Michele Anna Jordan lucidly and lovingly defines California home cooking as a simple style that evolved from the rich diversity of the state's resources, the availability of excellent fresh ingredients, the interweaving of ethnic influences (Spanish, Mexican, Italian, American, Chinese, and Japanese), and widespread appreciation of good food. California cooking relies on flavorful ingredients, and Jordan's 400 recipes enhance them with minimal fuss, such as her Potato Salad with Grilled Steak, Tomato-Cilantro Soup rich with caramelized onions, and Ginger Chèvre Tart. Jordan also includes stories about the history of the state's original 27 counties and many of the people in them. If you like the flavors of fresh California home cooking, you'll often reach for Jordan's collection of delicious recipes.
--This text refers to the
Paperback
edition.
From Library Journal
Jordan, a food writer and prolific cookbook author, has written about California cooking before, in A Cook's Tour of Sonoma (Addison-Wesley, 1990). Her latest book includes 400 recipes for the casual but often elegant food she likes to cook for herself and guests: Monterey Artichoke Risotto, Chicken with 100 Garlic Cloves (40 aren't enough in California?), Bing Cherry Compote. Alice Waters, the "doyenne" of California cooking, and M.F.K. Fisher are influences, and they, along with Jordan's fellow Californians Betty Fussell and James Beard, are mentioned often in the readable headnotes and informative sidebars. Occasionally, California's abundant produce seems to have gone to Jordan's head?do we really need Blueberry Coleslaw or Chicken and Raspberry Sandwiches??but most of the recipes sound delicious.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Reader Reviews
I fell in love with this cookbook in 1997, when I met Michele Anna Jordan at Johnson & Wales University, where I was attending culinary school. She was there for a book signing, and was the most open, kind and bright chef I had met in a very long time. California Home Cooking not only has inventive recipes, but bits of history tucked in the margins about California's wonderful culinary background. Jordan is quite skilled at utilizing the freshest ingredients while holding true to the state's wealth of cultural influences. This can be used in everyday cooking, or for a dinner party - my husband and I find ourselves returning to it again and again.
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