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America--Farm To Table: Simple, Delicious Recipes Celebrating Local Farmers (2014)

by Mario Batali(Favorite Author)

3.74 of 5 Votes: 5

languge

English

genre

Food & Cookbooks

publisher

Grand Central Life & Style

review 1: This book seemed rather disjointed to me. It highlights local farmers across the US and the chefs that use their products. Nice profiles, interesting stories. And then Mario Batali highlights *his* recipes. Huh? And not even necessarily ones that highlight the ingredient that the preceding farm raises. Confusing. Could've been organized much better. And I'd have preferred to see the other chef's recipes.
review 2: Great chronicle of the current farm to table movement within the restaurant industry across the country - makes one wonder how many of the folks they're shopping next to at the local farmers markets are actually local chefs? Loved the circumstantial stories of how the farmers, many of whom were not from farming families, took up farming -as many stori... morees as there are crops! Excellent, no fuss recipes using easy to find local foods, with fabulous photos of the final dishes that convey irresistible aroma and flavor from the page. The Cherry Brown Butter Coffee Cake (p 317) is calling my name...... less

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