Beginnings: My Way to Start a Meal by Chris Cosentino

  • Charred fava beans, mint & aioli

    from Beginnings: My Way to Start a Meal Beginnings by Chris Cosentino

    • Categories: Sauces, general; Appetizers / starters; Side dish; Spring; French; Italian; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: baby fava beans; mint; black peppercorns; egg yolks
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  • Beef tartare puttanesca

    • amoule on December 28, 2015

      This is very good. I used filet mignon, though, instead of rib eye steak. The quality of the flavor ingredients comes through loud and clear -- mediocre cherry tomatoes weren't good enough. Next time I think I'll try sun-dried tomatoes in oil and oil-cured olives in an effort to re-create what I had in Florence.

  • Porcini, foie gras & Douglas fir

    • KALW on January 28, 2024

      I made it with king trumpet mushrooms sliced vertically. And halved it (didn’t have that much foie gras). Delicious.

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  • Food52 by Adam Sachs

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  • Laurie Constantino

    ...quibble is many use difficult (often impossible) to find ingredients...recipes are successful, even when substituting locally available ingredients, because his flavor combinations are so unique.

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  • ISBN 10 1616282940
  • ISBN 13 9781616282943
  • Published Apr 03 2012
  • Format Hardcover
  • Page Count 192
  • Language English
  • Countries United States
  • Publisher Weldon Owen
  • Imprint Weldon Owen

Publishers Text

The first cookbook from innovative and highly regarded chef Chris Cosentino, this contemporary collection of mouthwatering Italian antipasti recipes, written for the home cook, is unlike anything on the market.

Philosophy of book
The seasonal and innovative ingredient combinations found in each of the Italian dishes in Beginnings exemplify Chris’s style of cooking made popular at his highly regarded restaurant Incanto and make use of his love of Italian salumi from his popular salumeria Boccalone. The recipes are at once simple and rustic, yet contemporary and inspiring.

The first cookbook from innovative and highly regarded chef Chris Cosentino, Beginnings presents more than 60 recipes for Italian-style first courses. Organized by season, the book draws upon Chris’s years of experience cooking both at home and in restaurant kitchens. The seasonal, yet creative ingredient combinations found in each of the dishes exemplify the style of cooking Chris employs at his San Francisco restaurant, Incanto, and many of them make use of his love of Italian salumi from his artisan salumeria, Boccalone. Hand-rendered sketches of many of the dishes and personal stories throughout, combined with the simple and rustic, yet contemporary and inspiring recipes give you a rare glimpse into one of today’s most exciting culinary minds.

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