California Home Cooking: American Cooking in the California Style

California Home Cooking: American Cooking in the California Style

by Michele Anna Jordan (Author)

Synopsis

An infinite bounty ... from land and sea, farm and garden, orchard and vineyard, field and stream. Fresh ingredients express themselves boldly and honestly in the California style of cooking, in the rustic dishes of farmhouses and ranchos, in time-tested recipes brought by waves of immigrants, and in light and casual contemporary fare. These 400 recipes will inspire any cook, anywhere, to celebrate the pleasures of the table in the glorious, delectable ways that Californians do.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 528
Edition: illustrated edition
Publisher: Harvard Common Press,U.S.
Published: 11 Jan 1997

ISBN 10: 1558321195
ISBN 13: 9781558321199

Author Bio
Michele Anna Jordan, a second-generation Californian who has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area her entire lif has twelve years of experience as an award-winning chef and has written a multitude of cookbooks. Currently, she writes three weekly columns for The Santa Rosa Press Democrat, Savuer magazine, which recently took a first place award from the Association of Food and Wine Journalists. Jordan has held positions as restaurant critic for San Francisco Focus Magazine, as well as the San Francisco Chronicle, and has written for numerous national publications, including: Cooking Light, Wine Enthusiast, Kitchen Garden, Fine Cooking, Bon Appetit, Food & Wine, Asian Week, Appellation, Sky, Wine & Spirits, and the Electronic Gourmet Guide. In addition to cooking and writing, Jordan teaches and lectures on a variety of food-related topics and is a frequent guest on radio and television around the country Jordan lives in western Sonoma County with her two black cats, Poe and Rosemary.