Heart of the Artichoke and Other Kitchen Journeys (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781579654078)

Recipes from a very small kitchen by a man with a very large talent.

Nobody better embodies the present-day mantra "Eat real food in season" than David Tanis, one of the most original voices in American cooking. For more than a quarter-century, Tanis has been the chef at the groundbreaking Chez Panisse, in Berkeley, California, where the menu consists solely of a single perfect meal that changes each evening. Tanis's recipes are down-to-earth yet sophisticated, simple to prepare but impressive on the plate.

Tanis opens this soulful, fun-to-read cookbook with his own private food rituals, those treats--jalapeño pancakes, beans on toast, pasta for one--for when you are on your own in the kitchen with no one else to satisfy. Then he follows with twenty incomparable menus (five per season) that serve four to six. Each transports the reader to places far and wide. And for grand occasions, a time for the whole tribe to gather around the table, Tanis delivers festive menus for holiday feasts. So in one book, three kinds of cooking: small, medium, and large.

Author: David Tanis
ISBN-10: 157965407X
ISBN-13: 9781579654078
Publisher: Artisan Publishers
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2010
Pages: 344
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.98lbs
Size: 10.22h x 7.84w x 1.46d
Award: James Beard Foundation Book Awards - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 10/04/2010
Library Journal 11/15/2010 pg. 85
Entertainment Weekly 12/17/2010 pg. 81