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Back to the Table: The Reunion of Food and Family
by
Art Smith
Art Smith is Oprah Winfreys personal chef.Smith provides readers with an array of mouth-watering recipes that represent the very best of home cooking.He also discusses how to set the table in a way that gives reverence to the food and the guests; how various cultures give blessings before a meal; how different kinds of foods and dishes can contribute to an atmosphere of fa...more
Hardcover, 288 pages
Published
October 17th 2001
by Hyperion
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Mar 22, 2009
Krista
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Recommends it for:
Anyone who likes to cook and likes cookbooks
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Saw Art on Oprah
I love what Art Smith writes about family, food, traditions and what it was like for him growing up in the South. I love pulling this out every now and then and salivating over the kinds of food that take me back to my own childhood. I still get teary when I snap fresh green beans. I used to do this with Grandma when they were still warm from being picked from her garden.
I have tried quite a few of Art's recipes and they are all winners. The addition of lemon to his Sweet Potato Pie was a nice s...more
I have tried quite a few of Art's recipes and they are all winners. The addition of lemon to his Sweet Potato Pie was a nice s...more
Even just cracking the cover, I knew this was going to be special. You can almost feel the warmth radiating from the pages...how meals symbolize so much more than full stomachs. Art Smith ladles out love with his soup. Food is family, precious moments, memorable conversation. Food is fresh seasons, flavor, and gathering people together. Food is tradition, childhood, a mouthful of magic. The book is filled with photographs and selected paragraphs used like quotations, alongside classic recipes li...more
In "Back to the Table: The Reunion of Food and Family", Art Smith offers not just a cookbook, but a "food memoir". Truly wonderful recipes and photograpy combine with his narrative of food and family memories throughout his lifetime. The kitchen is the heart of the home. Food connects all generations and lifestyles. We all have to eat, and we should all eat this well.
My favorite cookbook. The recipes are fun and so delicious! I've bought three and need a new one.
great southern decadent recipes and wonderful bread recipes
Good for people who don't want to eat while watching TV!
Okay... so, this is a cookbook, but I do read cookbooks just about every day whether I'm cooking or not. I have a small obsession with them, I would say. This one I got when I was traveling in Chicago and ate at Art Smith's (Oprah Chef) restaurant. I've made a number of recipes from this book, and they are all delicious. They are mostly Southern in style, and therefore not exactly healthy, but that is probably why they are so good.
Nice cookbook with good recipes, I have already tried a few from the book. I agree that it is so nice to have family & friends around you to share good food.
Art Smith has been Oprah's personal chef for 10 years. He has now left her employ to open a restaurant in Chicago which is doing very well. Love his recipes!
I thought this was going to be better than it was.
Nice recipes and a lovely premise.
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