The Chez Panisse Menu Cookbook (book number 11), is the last book in our sub-collection of Alice Waters/Chez Panisse books. There are a number of recipes in this book that we want to try, but we had actually decided to defer it until later, because we felt obligated to cook a … [Read more...] about Oysters on the Half Shell with Mignonette Sauce and Blinis à la Russe
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In My Pantry (book number 10), Alice Waters gives simple recipes for myriad basic pantry items accompanied by lovely illustrations by her daughter, Fanny Singer. The recipes include spice mixes, such as Za’atar, preserved fish and meat, both sweet and savory preserves, and … [Read more...] about Gravlax
One-Pot Roast Chicken
Alice Waters and the other coordinators of the 2008 San Francisco Slow Food Nation conference included a demonstration kitchen that they named “the Green Kitchen.” The goal of the Green Kitchen was to demonstrate the “set of basic techniques that are universal to all cuisines” … [Read more...] about One-Pot Roast Chicken
Rocket Salad with Pomegranates and Toasted Hazelnuts
We continue cooking through our collection of Alice Waters books with Chez Panisse Fruit (book number 8). Like Chez Panisse Vegetables (book number 6), the recipes are organized by type of fruit. We’ll be coming back to this book throughout the year as different fruits come into … [Read more...] about Rocket Salad with Pomegranates and Toasted Hazelnuts
Onion Confit and Winter Greens Pasta
The seasonal pasta and pizza recipes in Chez Panisse Pasta, Pizza & Calzone (book number 7) are as fresh and vibrant today as they must have seemed when the book was published in 1984. After an opening chapter on making fresh pasta, the bulk of the book is composed of … [Read more...] about Onion Confit and Winter Greens Pasta