Secrets of Success Cookbook: Signature Recipes and Insider Tips from San Francisco's Best Restaurants

by Michael Bauer

The San Francisco Bay Area and neighboring Wine Country are home to some of the world's finest restaurants. Ever wished you could recreate one of these fabulous restaurants' dishes in your own kitchen? Michael Bauer, esteemed food critic for the San Francisco Chronicle, has spent years twisting the arms of the Bay Area's best chef's for the secrets to their signature dishes. Now they're all collected in The Secrets of Success Cookbook. Filled with anecdotes, insider tips and techniques, plus over 300 great recipes from all over the Bay Area, this must-have book will help you dazzle your dinner guests from the first course to the last. Where it's a spoonful of cocoa powder in Bistro Jeanty's Coq au Vin or the double-baking technique for Zax's Goat Cheese Souffle, The Secrets of Success Cookbook offers the inside scoop on bringing the taste of Northern California's most-prized culinary delights home to your own table.

Genres: Cookbooks

352 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2000

Reviews

[Justin Welch · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of my all-time favorite cookbooks! These 300 recipes, compiled by Michael Bauer, the former San Francisco Chronicle food editor, represent the pinnacle of San Francisco's restaurant scene, circa Y2K. Although many of the restaurants have come and gone, these recipes are timeless. Each one comes with a chef's tip and the appendix features a helpful technique section for the home cook. Some of my favorites are: Chicken In Carmel Sauce from Slanted Door, Grilled Fillet Of Pacific Salmon With Thai Red Curry Sauce from Terra, and Minced Chicken in Lettuce Cups from Betelnut. (Some of my favorite veggie recipes: Warm Moroccan Beet Salad With Tangerines and Honey from Zibibbo, Chestnut Soup With Leeks And Apples from Chapeau, and Batter Fried Green Beans With Meyer Lemon Aioli from Bizou).