Alice Waters
Author
Language
English
Description
"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...
Author
Publisher
Clarkson Potter
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Here you will find Alice's philosophy on everything from stocking your kitchen, to mastering fundamentals and preparing delicious, seasonal inspired meals all year long. Always true to her philosophy that a perfect meal is one that's balanced in texture, color, and flavor, Waters helps us embrace the seasons' bounty and make the best choices when selecting ingredients.--From publisher's description.
Author
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
©2007
Language
English
Description
"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...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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Formats
Description
In An Everlasting Meal, Tamar Adler has written a book that "reads less like a cookbook than like a recipe for a delicious life" (New York magazine).
In this meditation on cooking and eating, Tamar Adler weaves philosophy and instruction into approachable lessons on feeding ourselves well. An Everlasting Meal demonstrates the implicit frugality in cooking. In essays on forgotten skills such as boiling, suggestions for...
In this meditation on cooking and eating, Tamar Adler weaves philosophy and instruction into approachable lessons on feeding ourselves well. An Everlasting Meal demonstrates the implicit frugality in cooking. In essays on forgotten skills such as boiling, suggestions for...
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Celebrating the life of this extraordinary woman, a selected anthology collects 50 years worth of the award-winning author's essays on food, travel and the arts, which have appeared in scholarly journals, popular magazines and newspapers as varied as The New York Times, Saveur and Vogue,"--Amazon.com.
Series
Criterion collection volume 737
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The blues accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins: A portrait of Texas bluesman Lightin' Hopkins created via a collection of musical performances and oral histories.
God respects us when we work, but loves us when we dance: A look at hippies and flower children as they dance and create rituals during the Los Angeles "Love-In" of Easter Sunday, 1967.
Spend it all: A portrayal of the lives and music of the French-speaking Cajuns of Louisiana.
A well spent...
