Celebrity Chef, Restaurant Cookbooks
Cookbooks We Love presents reviews of cookbooks by celebrity chefs, famous restaurants, popular cooking personalities, plus Food Network and TV cooks. Included are cooking and cookery book offerings by some of the most famous culinary names in print and on television including Ina Garten (Barefoot Contessa), Julia Child, Sara Moulton, Gida Delaurentiis, Jamie Oliver, Rachel Ray, Martha Stewart, Nigella Lawson, Mario Batali, Alton Brown, Maya Angelou and more. These outstanding cooking books combine excellent recipes, quality production and solid entertainment.
March 06, 2006
by Ina Garten
Ina Garten puts her magical touch to French country cooking in Barefoot in Paris. Ina has realized her own dream of living in France and scouring the markets to create her own version of classic French country cuisine, and this book is her own personal collection and insider’s food guide to Paris. With a range that includes hearty Bouef Bourguignon…..
February 26, 2006
by Diane Forley
Renowned chef of New York’s Verbena restaurant, Diane Forley shows how to build a dish and menu—from vegetables on up—in this innovative cookbook that looks at flavors through a botanical prism. Anatomy of a Dish is a collection of the richly flavored recipes…..
January 20, 2006
by Jamie Oliver
In Jamie’s Dinners, Jamie Oliver shares 120 of his favorite family recipes kicking off with his (and his website visitors’) Top Ten (Roast Chicken with Lemon and Rosemary Roast Potatoes; Fish, Chips and Mushy Peas; Simple Baked Lasagna…). His “Family Tree” section gives some basic building block recipes and Jamie’s ideas…..
January 20, 2006
by Anthony Bourdain
In Kitchen Confidential, author and professional chef Anthony Bourdain gives a no-holes-barred account of life behind the stoves. Filled with wry observations, fragrant characters, self-depreciating humor and peppered in spicy language, Bourdain takes readers from his culinary awakening in France…..
January 09, 2006
by Paula Deen
In Living It Up Southern Style, author, restaurateur and Food Network personality Paula Deen—along with a few of her local pals—shows us how to bring some southern charm into any festive gathering…..
December 02, 2005
by Mario Batali
In Holiday Food, Mario Batali of the Food Network’s “Molto Mario” presents the most cherished Italian dishes of the Christmas season. The book consists of traditional Italian menus that take you through the four holidays, Christmas Eve…..
November 27, 2005
by Mario Batali
Chef Mario Batali, known to fans as “Molto Mario” and “Mediterranean Mario” from his Food Network appearances, pays tribute to traditional Italian home cooking in a distinctly modern way. He presents more than 200 of his simple yet innovative recipes
November 04, 2005
by Eric Ripert
A Return To Cooking is an exceptional, original book of meals, recipes, cooking techniques, reflections and art from Eric Ripert (of New York City’s Le Bernardin fame). Readers live vicariously through the lives of beautiful people, beautiful places, and beautiful food tucked in with captivating artwork and photographs…..
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November 01, 2005
by Rose Gray, Ruth Rogers
When first published, The River Cafe Cookbook, by chefs Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers, was a revelation to home cooks. Here was simple yet sophisticated Italian food pared down to its most basic and delicious form. Home cooks…..
October 04, 2005
by Rachael Ray
Get Togethers: Rachael Ray 30 Minute Meals is more of a good thing for fans of her Food Network show and Rachel Ray’s 30 Minutes Meals 1 & 2. In Get Together, Rachel groups 3 recipes together, presenting them as menu suggestions for casual entertaining, all promised to be ready in the magic 30-minute mark…..
October 02, 2005
by Thomas Keller
The French Laundry Cookbook is the long awaited, much praised, and award-winning cookbook from Thomas Keller, owner of the French Laundry in Napa Valley which is according to Wine Spectator “as close to dining perfection as it gets.” The French Laundry Cookbook captures…..
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September 22, 2005
by Ina Garten
Here is a book that lives up to its subtitle—great ideas that really are easy to do on your own and really are fun. Ina Garten, of the Barefoot Contessa fame, has lots of experience with parties, those she’s catered from her specialty food shop, and many of her own at her East Hampton home. Ina Garten really delivers on…..
September 16, 2005
by Rocco Dispirito
Star of the television reality show The Restaurant, Rocco DiSpirito brings together his zest for full-flavored food and living in one neat, colorful package. Before he was a television star, DiSpirito was a much lauded chef of the critically acclaimed Union Pacific Restaurant in NYC. The recipes…..
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September 09, 2005
by Tyler Florence
Bold, Unfussy, Irresistible, Real. That’s Tyler Florence’s philosophy towards food and how he introduces readers to his first cookbook, Tyler Florence’s Real Kitchen. Fans of Florence’s Food Network show, Food 911, where he rescues home cooks…..
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August 27, 2005
by Lidia Matticchio Bastianich
The companion book to her new 52-part PBS series of the same name, here is Lidia’s most instructive, personal, and inspiring cookbook yet. As always, Lidia’s personal stories and experiences make this book both a pleasure to read and cook from. Old favorites are here…..
August 15, 2005
by Nigella Lawson
In Feast: Food That Celebrates Life, author and Food Network favorite Nigella Lawson shares with us some of her favorite menus for special occasions, holidays, and family get-togethers. Nigella has an unabashed love for food and believes that the meal and who you share it with is…..
July 08, 2005
by Ina Garten
This is delicious and unpretentious food—the recipes that please Ina Garten’s family and friends at home in the East Hamptons. Of course we love the recipes, but we also love the beautiful, clean design, vivid photographs of the prepared dishes…..
July 02, 2005
by Nigella Lawson
With Forever Summer, Nigella takes eating to where the weather is fine and the living is easy. Dreary winter? Never mind, it’s sensuous summer all year long with Nigella Lawson in this food network companion cookbook that draws on the best cuisines from all over the world…..
June 29, 2005
by Anthony Bourdain
From New York City where he left us in Kitchen Confidential, Anthony Bourdain’s lunacy continues as he takes readers (and viewers for a companion television program) around the world in search of the perfect meal. Bourdain stumbles through a diverse culinary world as a Cook’s Tour recounts…..
June 24, 2005
by Giada De Laurentiis
Style and simplicity go hand in hand in Giada De Laurentiis’ first book, Everyday Italian. Based on her popular Food Network show of the same name, Everyday Italian brings home some very basic, tried and true Italian-American dishes that are uncomplicated to prepare, yet surprisingly…..
January 04, 2005
by Alice Waters
Alice Waters taught Americans how to cook and eat outside of the box, literally, by introducing the concept of eating locally grown produce in season—something we now take almost as a given in our better cookbooks. Sure, the ingredients can be somewhat obscure to the average home cook, and the recipe instructions at times daunting, but…..
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January 04, 2005
by Jacques Pepin
Jacques Pepin is a recognized super chef, super instructor, and a master of technique, and Fast Food My Way is his most accessible book yet. Pepin believes that the best food is always the simplest, and in this collection of recipes he shows how to save hours in the kitchen without compromising the taste and end result of your dish…..
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December 04, 2004
by Rick Tramonto
A French phrase meaning “amusement for the mouth”, amuse-bouche are the appetizer to the appetizer, a French culinary tradition that author and chef Rick Tramanto introduces to the home cook with his award-winning cookbook. According to Tramonto, amuse bouche are the gastronomical equivalent of receiving a “kiss from the chef”.....
December 04, 2004
by Allen Rucker
The Sopranos Family Cookbook: as Compiled by Artie Bucco (conceived and written by Allen Rucker and Michele Scicolone) is a wonderfully tacky Sopranos-themed book that happens to include some pretty terrific Italian-American recipes…..
November 29, 2004
by Todd English
This is a collection for home cooks who want to take the time and effort to create a truly memorable end to a meal, and will not be swayed by lengthy ingredient lists or calories alike. Chef/owner Todd English of Olives in Boston has teamed…..
November 14, 2004
by Jamie Oliver
According to Jamie in his introduction, “The title The Naked Chef sums up the idea: it’s basically stripping food back to the bare essentials. It’s me cooking at home, sociable, simple food with my friends, stuff you can put in the middle of the table…..
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November 04, 2004
by Jamie Oliver
Cooking sensation Jamie Oliver returns with a third cookbook, stripping fine food down to the basics with recipes that are fresh, flavorful, and feisty. He believes in finding the best ingredients and making tasty, easy, social meals…..
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October 09, 2004
by Tom Douglas
Tom’s Big Dinners is a warm and personal collection of 13 menus for entertaining from award-winning Seattle-based chef, Tom Douglas. Family and food go together for Tom Douglas, and everyone pitches in to create full-flavored dishes…..
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October 05, 2004
by The Moosewood Collective
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of their internationally acclaimed Ithaca restaurant, The Moosewood Collective presents their first-ever collection of vegetarian menus for holidays and festive occasions for every season. The dishes have a modern, international feel…..
October 04, 2004
by Marcus Samuelsson
Marcus Samuelsson has won great praise for the unique, contemporary Scandinavian cuisine he creates at his Manhattan restaurant, Aquavit. Writing in the New York Times, critic Ruth Reichl said, “Samuelsson is cooking delicate and beautiful food, walking a tightrope between Swedish tradition and modern tastes… It is intoxicating.”
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