A Platter of Figs and Other Recipes by David Tanis
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- ISBN 10 1579653464
- ISBN 13 9781579653460
- Linked ISBNs
- 9781579655945 eBook (United States) 8/12/2013
- Published Oct 31 2008
- Format Hardcover
- Language English
- Countries United States
- Publisher Workman Publishing
- Imprint Artisan
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"There are many chefs in America more famous than David Tanis, but there are few, if any, who are more gifted."--Michael Pollan
Forget about getting back to the land, David Tanis just wants you to get back to the kitchen.
For six months a year, David Tanis is the head chef at Chez Panisse, the Berkeley, California, restaurant where he has worked alongside Alice Waters since the 1980s in creating a revolution in sustainable American cuisine. The other six months, Tanis lives in Paris in a seventeenth-century apartment, where he hosts intimate dinners for friends and paying guests, and prepares the food in a small kitchen equipped with nothing more than an old stove, a little counter space, and a handful of well used pots and pans.
This is the book for anyone who wants to gather and feed friends around a table and nurture their conversation. It's not about showing off with complicated techniques and obscure ingredients. Worlds away from the showy Food Network personalities, Tanis believes that the most satisfying meals - for both the cook and the guest - are invariably the simplest.
Home cooks can easily re-create any of his 24 seasonal, market-driven menus, from spring's Supper of the Lamb (Warm Asparagus Vinaigrette; Shoulder of Spring Lamb with Flageolet Beans and Olive Relish; Rum Baba with Cardamom) to winter's North African Comfort Food (Carrot and Coriander Salad; Chicken Tagine with Pumpkin and Chickpeas). Best of all, Tanis is an engaging guide with a genuine gift for words, whose soulful approach to food will make any kitchen, big or small, a warm and compelling place to spend time.
Other cookbooks by this author
- City Kitchen at The New York Times
- Corn: A Country Garden Cookbook
- David Tanis Market Cooking: Recipes and Revelations, Ingredient by Ingredient
- David Tanis Market Cooking: Recipes and Revelations, Ingredient by Ingredient
- Heart of the Artichoke: And Other Kitchen Journeys
- Heart of the Artichoke and Other Kitchen Journeys
- One Good Dish: The Pleasures of a Simple Meal
- One Good Dish: The Pleasures of a Simple Meal
- A Platter of Figs and Other Recipes
- Seasonal Menus at The New York Times