Contemporary Southwest: The Cafe Terra Cotta Cookbook - Hardcover

Nordin, Donna

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1580081800 ISBN 13: 9781580081801

Publisher: Ten Speed Press, 2000

Synopsis

In her first cookbook, chef and restaurateur Donna Nordin brings together 85 recipes for the food that has earned her national acclaim and repeatedly landed Café Terra Cotta on lists of America's best restaurants. Donna's passion for spice has long been the guiding principle of her restaurant, and her flavorful, innovative CONTEMPORARY SOUTHWESTERN cooking has kept diners coming back again and again. While all her dishes dazzle the palate, a subtle Garlic Custard and smooth Avocado Vichyssoise are as much a part of her repertoire as the fiery punch of Fried Jalapeño Ravioli. Donna's signature style carries over into the dessert course with a tequila-laced chocolate Arizona Princess Cake, just one of many sophisticated studies in flavor.

About this title

About the Author:

DONNA NORDIN studied classic French cooking at Le Cordon Bleu and pastry with Gaston Lenotre, both in Paris. Donna lives in Tucson, Arizona, where she owns and operates the first Caf?© Terra Cotta, considered one of the pioneering restaurants of the new Southwestern cuisine. She also operates the second Caf?© Terra Cotta, in Scottsdale, and two other Tucson restaurants: the Tohono Chul Tea Room and Trio.

Review:

· Mimi Sheraton of the New York Times and Condé Nast Traveler magazine named Café Terra Cotta "one of America's 50 best restaurants." · Donna Nordin was selected as one of 50 chefs featured on the fall 1999 PBS series Great Chefs of the West.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ten Speed Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1580081800
• ISBN 13: 9781580081801
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 167