The Art of Simple Food: Notes, Lessons, and Recipes from a Delicious Revolution

By Alice Waters

Categories: Cookbooks, Food & Wine

The Art of Simple Food sets out Alice Waters's approach to everyday cooking, built on flavor and on locally produced, seasonal ingredients. She covers stocking the kitchen, mastering fundamentals and preparing seasonal meals throughout the year, along with a repertoire of approachable recipes. Holding that a good meal balances texture, color and flavor, Waters explains how to choose produce, grains and responsibly raised meat, poultry and seafood, and suggests that the most satisfying dish is often the least complex.

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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.”