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Title: Mustards Grill Napa Valley Cookbook by Cindy Pawlcyn, Brigid Callinan, Brigid Callanan ISBN: 1-58008-045-6 Publisher: Ten Speed Press Pub. Date: October, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.86 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Eat at Mustard's Grill! (Or buy the cookbook!)
Comment: When you visit the Napa wine region you must eat at Mustard's Grill. If that is not possible then you should buy Cindy Pawlcyn and Brigid Callinan's cookbook. The recipes for fantastic grilled food, unique side dishes, and incredible desserts found in this book will make you plan your next vacation to northern California. If you like pork you will love her Mongolian pork chops with chinese mustard sauce. Serve it with her mashed potatoes and braised red cabbage for a winning meal reminiscent of the friendly restaurant nestled among Napa's vineyards. Buy this cookbook and you will immediately understand why it won a James Beard award. And I hear that another cookbook is in the works ...
Rating: 4
Summary: Should have been 5 stars...
Comment: I would recommend this cookbook to those with some experience - this is not a recipe guide, but rather an inspiration source from a chef with well-grounded tastes. The recipes are easy to follow, are not difficult or overly time consuming in preparation, and show culinary flair and wisdom without being trendy for trend's sake. I would describe the dishes as simple food for gourmets. The book's design and photographs are tasteful.
With this praise in mind, I am disappointed in the book's production - unforgivable oversights such as: three prominent photographs throughout the book of what appears to be plates of crispy fried onion rings... but no mention or recipe. Or the recipe for a Salmon Roulade accompanied by eight very clear how-to photos - the photos show skinless salmon, butterflied and pounded, but the recipe calls for fillets with skin on, and no mention of pounding. An edit for future releases would be welcome. My opinion is this would be a logical cookbook for those who appreciate Jaques Pépin's series of books aimed at the aspiring novice, as well as for more experienced cooks who would like some inspiration for higher-end simple food. I'm keeping this one in my library.
Rating: 5
Summary: Masterpiece
Comment: The book is a masterpiece for a handful of reasons. You will see the book as a labor of love ... 100% attention to ingredients, cooking methods, details of all kinds - no matter how small. I love restaurants that are consistent with their menu and dishes even if they stay around for 20 years, like Mustards Grill. I first dined at Mustards 12 years ago and fell in love with their burgers and soul-satisfying soups. That was also the place where I first tried the calamari with its sumblime taste that continues to haunt me to this day. And now 12 years later, I visited the Napa Valley for the first time and decided to try Mustards again. It is still as magnificent as the night I first walked in. Many of my old favorites are still on the menu ... and now with the new cookbook, I'm able to recreate the wonderful signature dishes at home 3,000 miles away from the actual restaurant. Don't be turned off by the long, long, long lists of ingredients ... the book is not meant for everyday cooking ... it's a restaurant cookbook so I'm saving the book for special occasions - whenever I need the cooking inspiration. Again, the book is a masterpiece - the photos are gorgeous, the recipes are irresistible especially the fact that the book includes just about every signature dish that makes Mustards undeniably famous.
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Title: The Zuni Cafe Cookbook: A Compendium of Recipes and Cooking Lessons from San Francisco's Beloved Restaurant by Judy Rodgers, Gerald Asher ISBN: 0393020436 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 23 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: The Tra Vigne Cookbook: Seasons in the California Wine Country by Michael Chiarello, Penelope Wisner ISBN: 0811819868 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Terra: Cooking from the Heart of Napa Valley by Hiro Sone, Lissa Doumani ISBN: 1580081495 Publisher: Ten Speed Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: The French Laundry Cookbook by Thomas Keller, Susie Heller, Michael Ruhlman, Deborah Jones ISBN: 1579651267 Publisher: Artisan Pub. Date: January, 2000 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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Title: Fog City Diner Cookbook by Cindy Pawlcyn ISBN: 0898159997 Publisher: Ten Speed Press Pub. Date: 01 February, 1998 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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