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Kitchen Gypsy: Recipes and Stories from a Lifelong Romance with Food (Sunset) by Joanne Weir [0848746031, Format: EPUB]

  • Title: Kitchen Gypsy: Recipes and Stories from a Lifelong Romance with Food (Sunset)
  • Autor: Joanne Weir
  • Print Length:
  • Publisher (Publication Date): Oxmoor House (September 15, 2015)
  • Language: English
  • ASIN:
  • ISBN-10: 0848746031
  • ISBN-13: 978-0848746032
  • File Format: EPUB
From the beloved host and producer of PBS series Joanne Weir’s Cooking Confidence and Joanne Weir Gets Fresh.
“Joanne’s infectious enthusiasm…draws readers effortlessly into a new and beautiful relationship to food.” – Alice Waters
Chef, cooking instructor, and PBS television host Joanne Weir has inspired legions of home cooks with her signature California-Mediterranean cuisine and warm, engaging style. In Kitchen Gypsy, the James Beard Award-winning author offers a taste of the people, places, and flavors that have inspired her throughout the years.
With refreshing honesty and humor, Joanne shares the spark that led to her love of cooking, how she learned to taste and develop a palate, the meal that would forever change her life, her years working with Alice Waters at Chez Panisse during the beginning of the farm-to-table movement, and her continued travels teaching cooking classes the world over.
Throughout, she offers the cherished dishes and lessons that have shaped her culinary journey, from the 140-year-old Lighting Cake recipe handed down from her great-grandmother to the luxurious Beef Roulade with Mushrooms and Garlic perfected during her Master Chef training in France, and the approachable, globally-inspired dishes, like Fried Pork Belly Tacos and Autumn Salad with Figs and Pomegranate, that have made her a favorite of home cooks.
Lushly illustrated with full-color photographs, Kitchen Gypsy is both an inspirational cooking resource and an armchair read, offering recipes made to be shared and savored against the colorful backdrop of Weir’s evocative writing.
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Joanne Weir’s More Cooking in the Wine Country: 100 New Recipes for Living and Entertaining by Joanne Weir [0743212517, Format: EPUB]

  • Title: Joanne Weir’s More Cooking in the Wine Country: 100 New Recipes for Living and Entertaining
  • Autor: Joanne Weir
  • Print Length: 336 pages
  • Publisher (Publication Date): Simon & Schuster (February 21, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B006JCVMD2
  • ISBN-10: 0743212517
  • ISBN-13: 978-0743212519
  • File Format: EPUB

No matter where you make your home, you can bring the pleasures of the wine country to your table.

Northern California is on the same latitude as many of the countries of the Mediterranean, and award-winning chef Joanne Weir’s cooking embodies the vivid flavors of that region. In this book, Weir shares 150 new recipes from the second season of her acclaimed public television series, Weir Cooking in the Wine Country, presented with all the warmth, enthusiasm, skill, and flair that has made her a household name.

Weir’s style of cooking and serving changes throughout the year, celebrating the bounty of the field, the orchard, the pasture, the river, and the sea with simple, boldly flavored dishes inspired by the freshest ingredients of the season. Enhanced by more than 45 color and black-and- white photographs, this spectacular volume explores the vivid and varied tastes of California with a feast of Mediterranean dishes that are certain to delight you with their exceptional flavors.

From starters to desserts, Weir has created a bounty of delectable recipes, expertly explained. A first course of Grilled Bread with Fava Beans and Escarole or Endive with Gorgonzola, Caramelized Onions, and Fig Jam brings friends and family to the table. Creamy Fennel Soup chases the autumn chill, while Roasted Yellow Pepper, Corn, and Tomato Soup is the essence of late summer. Try the Stone Fruit Summer Salad when peaches and plums are at their juicy best, and the True Blue Salad on a cool evening. Main courses are deeply flavored: Chicken Rolled with Fontina, Prosciutto, and Sage; Braised Leg of Lamb with Artichokes, with Lemon and Garlic-Roasted Potatoes; Moroccan Spice-Dusted Salmon with Lemon Mint Yogurt. Tempting options for dessert include Double Chocolate Custard, Summer Cherry and Apricot Galette with Kirsch Cream, Upside-Down Pear Gingerbread, Polenta Shortbread, and Ginger Ice Cream with Chocolate-Covered Almonds. There are also suggestions for the right wine to pair with each dish.