Chez Panisse Cafe Cookbook

144 recipes from the Cafe menu have been collected for the home cook: from Pizza with Bacon, Onions and Greens, to King Salmon in Fig Leaves, to Meyer Lemon Eclairs. Like the fixed-price restaurant downstairs, the Cafe serves dishes often described as Mediterranean, Provencal and Californian, but the culinary style is driven above all by the farmers' market and the cooks' creativity, starting with Alice Waters, who is known the world over for her simple, flavorful meals using only the freshest seasonal ingredients from local organic farmers. The imaginative recipes are organized into chapters that focus on ingredients-vegetables, fish and shellfish, pork, lamb, beef, poultry, and eggs and cheese-and another chapter devoted to delightful desserts. The Chez Panisse Cafe Cookbook is every bit as beautiful, warm, and generous as the Cafe itself.