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

Bauer, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0811825027 ISBN 13: 9780811825023

Publisher: Chronicle Books, 2000

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author

Michael Bauer has been a food journalist for more than 15 years and has been the editor of the San Francisco Chronicle food section for 10 years.

Reviews

The San Francisco Chronicle's longtime restaurant critic gives readers the ultimate tour of the Bay Area restaurant scene in this chatty cookbook, which presents more than 300 recipes from top chefs who divulge the "secrets" behind their signature dishes. Peppered with restaurant and chef trivia, each recipe's preface reads like a mini restaurant review. Avid restaurant-goers and foodies will appreciate Bauer's discriminating palate as he deconstructs his favorite dishes for "breakfast, cocktails and everything in between." For example, for Gabriel Fregoso's (Las Camelias) Tequila Marinated Cornish Hens: "The hens get an explosion of flavor from marinating 24 hours in a mixture of water, ginger, onion, garlic and tequila." Geared specifically to home cooks, these succinct, clearly written recipes reflect San Francisco's diverse influences and tastes, from the culturally nuanced Tamarind Guava Barbecue Spareribs, Thai-Style Fried Quail and Seared Black Pepper Lavender Fillet of Beef to refined American diner standards such as Buttermilk Pancakes, Banana Cream Pie and the Best Hamburger (the secret is to use 18% fat chuck and salt it). For those who enjoy cooking and want to better understand the processAwithout investing a lifetime in the kitchenAthis compendium of culinary Cliffs Notes provides a fine alternative. (Apr.)
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Edition details

• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0811825027
• ISBN 13: 9780811825023
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352