"With American enthusiasm, these new 'lions in the kitchen' are elevating cooking to a level never attained before in this country."--Jacques Pepin
Bursting with insights and recipes from an unprecedented collection of America's leading culinary authorities,
The New American Chef is the first book to share the secrets of cooking with the vast array of global ingredients and techniques at the fingertips of today's chefs and cooks.
The "incisive, hip writing team" (
Publishers Weekly) of Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page, winners of the James Beard Award for Best Writing on Food for
Becoming a Chef, has brought together dozens of top chefs and cookbook authors -- including Mario Batali, Rick Bayless, Daniel Boulud, Alain Ducasse, Julie Sahni, Nina Simonds, Paula Wolfert, and many others - to reveal the essence of ten popular and influential cuisines:
- Chinese
- French
- Indian
- Italian
- Japanese
- Mexican
- Moroccan
- Spanish
- Thai
- Vietnamese
Each inspirational chapter reveals a fundamental lesson that one of these cuisines has to offer, whether it's procuring the best ingredients (Italy), balancing strong flavors and aromatics (Thailand), or using spices (India) and chiles (Mexico) with skill and artistry. Best of all, there are more than 100 recipes to practice and savor -- including Gazpacho Andaluz from Jose Andres of Jaleo, Rock Candy Ginger Short Ribs from Michael Tong of Shun Lee Palace, and Vanilla Flan from Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken of Border Grill. Throughout, Michael Donnelly's exquisite photographs transform the book into a feast for the eyes as well as the palate.
A groundbreaking book comprising a virtual around-the-world cooking school,
The New American Chef will make anyone a better cook -- no matter what's on the menu.
"[The books of] Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page...are the best place to experience the cult of the New American chef."
--NICHOLAS LEMANN,
The New Yorker"A groundbreaking work filled with expert teaching and an abundance of mouthwatering recipes."
--MICHAEL ROMANO, chef-partner, Union Square Cafe
"Dornenburg and Page collaborate successfully once more.... [a] thorough...guide to the values, tastes, and methods that form each cuisine."
--PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
"An invaluable reference."
--PATRICK O'CONNELL, chef-owner, The Inn at Little Washington
"Preparing good food is an act of love, which comes through on every page of
The New American Chef."--DR. ROBERT MULLER, Retired Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations and Nobel Peace Prize nominee
"This glorious work literally sings with the excitement of what is our own culinary make-up: diversity, passion, exuberance, intrigue, and spice."
--CHARLIE TROTTER, chef-owner, Charlie Trotter's
"Learning to think like the 'dream team' of culinary authorities featured in this brilliant book will inspire and guide you to juggle global ingredients and techniques so you can cook, and create, like a maestro."
--MICHAEL GELB,
New York Times bestselling author,
How to Think Like Leonardo da VinciFeaturing:
- Mario Batali
- Rick Bayless
- Daniel Boulud
- Penelope Casas
- Susan Feniger
- Lynne Rossetto Kasper
- Zarela Martinez
- Mary Sue Milliken
- Julie Sahni
- Piero Selvaggio
- Nina Simonds
- Masa Takayama
- Jean-Georges Vongerichten
- Paula Wolfert
- Su-Mei Yu
- and dozens more!