The Art of Simple Food II: Recipes, Flavor, and Inspiration from the New Kitchen Garden

By Alice Waters

Categories: Cookbooks, Food & Wine

In The Art of Simple Food II, Alice Waters presents 200 recipes built around the vegetables, fruits and herbs that can be grown in a kitchen garden or found at a farmers' market. Treating flavor as inspiration, she links taste, cooking, gardening and care for the land. Dishes range from rocket salad with peaches and basil to spring vegetable ragout and chicken with 40 cloves of garlic. Advice on growing food, from backyard to fire escape, draws on her ties to local farmers.

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• Seth Godin: “After that, I bought a few foundational books: Think Like a Chef, some books from Alice Waters, Daniel Leaders' groundbreaking books on baking. I didn't buy books of recipes. I bought books where someone who understood how to cook had a narrative about how it all fits together.”