My Family Table: A Passionate Plea for Home Cooking - Hardcover

Besh, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1449407870 ISBN 13: 9781449407872

Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

HardCover. Pub Date: 2011 Pages: 272 Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing In My Family Table. the Iron Chef champion makes a case for the importance of home-cooked meals. If I can help could make a difference by cooking simply and Sharing what I love to cook. I can possibly help us all use our passions and skills to make our lives better at almost every meal.From organizing your kitchen and stocking your pantry to demystifying fish cookery. John Besh shares his favorite recipes he cooks with his family every day. Master recipes Risotto of Almost Anything and Creamy Any Vegetable Soup show you how to make the food without worrying about having the right ingredients or mastering complicated techniques. Filled with mouthwatering photographs of each recipe as well as showing John in his kitchen with his wife and four sons. My Family Table captures the spontaneity. intimacy. and ...

About this title

About the Author:

John Besh is a chef and a native son dedicated to the culinary riches of southern Louisiana. In his restaurants, entrepreneurial pursuits, and public activities, he preserves and promotes ingredients, techniques, and heritage one mouthwatering dish at a time.
Besh grew up in southern Louisiana and has set the benchmark for fine dining in New Orleans. Each of his eight acclaimed restaurants (August, Besh Steak, Lüke, La Provence, American Sector, The Soda Shop, Domenica and Lüke San Antonio) celebrates the bounty and traditions of the region.

From the outset of his career, Besh's talent and drive have earned kudos: Food & Wine magazine named him one of the "Top 10 Best New Chefs in America," and his flagship restaurant, August, was featured inGourmet magazine's "Guide to America's Best Restaurants" and "America's Top 50 Restaurants." Besh won the James Beard Award for Best Chef of the Southeast in 2006 and received Food Arts' Silver Spoon Award in 2009 for revitalizing the culinary legacy of New Orleans.

Besh's devotion to local ingredients and cuisine also extends to his entrepreneurial projects, including the creation of Besh Restaurant Group Catering; a line of gourmet products; the publication of his first cookbook,My New Orleans (Andrews McMeel Publishing, October 2009); and a follow-up cookbook,My Family Table (Andrews McMeel Publishing, November 2011).

Besh is a frequent guest chef on NBC's Today Show and has appeared on top programs on The Food Network and the Sundance Channel.

About this edition

• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1449407870
• ISBN 13: 9781449407872
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 264