The Chez Panisse Menu Cookbook

By Alice Waters

Categories: Cookbooks, Food & Wine

The Chez Panisse Menu Cookbook collects 120 menus and their recipes from Alice Waters's restaurant in Berkeley, California, built around fresh, seasonal ingredients and French-inspired cooking. The menus are arranged for the seasons, for picnics and outdoor barbecues and for special occasions. Dishes range from simple salads to roast duck with wild mushrooms and salmon coulibiac with wild rice, reflecting the restaurant's set menus shaped by the produce of each season.

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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.”