Alice Waters

"It has been four and a half decades since Alice Waters opened the doors of Chez Panisse, the 'little French restaurant' in Berkeley, California, that has been at the leading edge of the American culinary revolution ever since. Fueled in equal parts by naïveté and a relentless pursuit of beauty and pure flavor, Alice transformed our relationship with food, fine dining, and what it means to eat well. In [this book], Alice reflects on the desultory...

"For the hundreds of thousands of readers who bought Alice Waters's bestselling and now-classic book The Art of Simple Food, and for supporters of all ages of the sustainable food movement, here is a timely cookbook that centers on Alice's plant-forward way of cooking and puts forth her passion for seasonality and celebrating all vegetables. Alice Waters is the leader of the local, sustainable food movement. While The Art of Simple Food was steeped...

Features basic cooking techniques and natural food recipes, each demonstrated by chefs and friends of the author, including Lidia Bastianich, Thomas Keller, and Deborah Madison.

Chef Alice Waters takes her friends on a tour of healthy eating.

"The Persians of antiquity were renowned for their lavish cuisine and a never-ceasing fascination with the exotic. This trait still finds expression in the cooking of India's Parsis -- descendants of Zoroastrians who fled Persia after the Sassanian empire fell to the invading Arabs. The first book on Parsi food written by a Parsi to be published in the United States, this beautiful volume includes over 165 recipes and makes one of India's most remarkable...

"Refreshingly uncomplicated" Italian recipes from the Brooklyn restaurant with a national following (Houston Chronicle).
Franny's is filled with recipes destined to become classics, from the celebrated restaurant known for its simple, seasonal Southern Italian dishes and exceptional pizza, where Chef Andrew Feinberg plays with traditional cuisine and makes the dishes lighter and brighter. New favorites—including Roasted...

Profiles a number of the world's top female chefs. Examines the influence of women in the male-dominated world of haute cuisine.