Amy's review
The Art of Simple Food: Notes and Recipes from a Delicious Revolution
by Alice Waters
Amy's review
The Art of Simple Food: Notes and Recipes from a Delicious Revolution by Alice Waters
Amy's review
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recommended for: Farmer's Market Lovers!
Just spent time reading this in a coffee shop and I loved the way she thinks about food and going to the farmer's market. I've become a huge fan of the farmer's market this last summer and I love cooking simply with fresh ingredients, and whatever is available. This is a great companion for that type of cooking. It gave me some ideas about what to do with fruit that's getting old, and made me want a food mill. It also explained some techniques that I had been using without knowing why they worked (and also why I couldn't poach an egg with older eggs). Great stuff. I think I'm going to buy a copy of this myself. Oh -- also, she cooks meat. I don't have any cookbooks with meat in them -- or at least not like this, explaining basic techniques. I cook mostly vegetarian meals, but am not a vegetarian. I learned to cook using the Moosewood cookbooks. This is exciting -- I like this cookbook!
