Features
Hardcover: 192 pages
Publisher: Ten Speed Press; 1st Ten Speed Press ed edition September 1999
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1580080790
ISBN-13: 978-1580080798
Product Dimensions:
10.6 x 9.3 x 0.8 inches
Book Page
A fabulous new cookbook serves up recipes by the women on the cutting edge. . .of American restaurant artistry. Lavishly and luciously produced, with full-color photos throughout. Each of 30 great women chefs presents one full menu, complete with suggested wines. I find great comfort in having a menu organized for me--insecurity, laziness, who knows. I don't always follow them, but just knowing how a professional contrasts flavors and textures is fascinating and fun. . . great to cook from, to look at, and just to read.
New York Daily News
Both feminists and restaurant buffs will find much to their liking in this large-format cookbook. As Alice Waters points out in the introduction, it is only fairly recently that women have been allowed to take charge in restaurant kitchens.
In these pages, you can take a tantalizing culinary journey around the country, stopping to 'dine' at 30 restaurants where females wear the top toque. Hear their stories and learn to re-create their signature dishes.
Reader Reviews
A talented, young chef who has worked in my home preparing meals for dinner parties for our friends shared her copy with me. I kept it for for two months and read it from cover to cover! The profiles on the chefs were interesting and inspirational. The recipes are uncomplicated. I have prepared several recipes and each turned out delicious and almost looked like the photo in the book! I am ordering the cookbook today...you should too.
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