At the Kitchen Table
Subtitle: The Craft of Cooking at Home
By: Greg Atkinson.
Edition: First edition
Publisher: Sasquatch Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Seattle, WA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 283
ISBN-13: 9781570617348
Copyright date: 2011 by Greg Atkinson.
Description: This is a book of more than two dozen essays about eating, food, the meaning of coming together at the table, and the pleasures of home cooking. Greg Atkinson, chef and writer, brings the perspective of one who has harvested shellfish with fishermen in Puget Sound, walked the rows during harvest at Oregon vineyards, as well as sourced ingredients at the local big box retailer. According to Atkinson, the measure that’s most valuable is the amount of heart that brings people together for a meal--less important is the pedigree of the extra virgin olive oil that's used. In this book, Atkinson brings memorable meals to life, shares the special experience of making borscht, reveals tips and tidbits on cooking that he has garnered from foodie royalty that have passed through his kitchen, even about his aversion to fishing for trout and his pleasure in preparing them on camping trips to favorite mountain lakes. At the Kitchen Table is about the meaning of eating, the broad culinary web we enter with every bite we take, and the special sanctuary that is the home kitchen. Each essay is concluded with several recipes--more than 70 total.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: label: Recipe List
title: vii; label: Foreword by Molly Wizenberg
title: xi; label: Introduction: The Art and Craft of Cooking
title: xv; label: Spaghetti
title: 1; label: A winter picnic
title: 13; label: On Cypress Street
title: 19; label: Family meal
title: 31; label: The art of eating
title: 41; label: The summer solstice
title: 57; label: The fish fry
title: 65; label: Merroir
title: 77; label: Borscht
title: 85; label: Growing farmers
title: 93; label: Bon Appétit!
title: 105; label: Still life with mayonnaise
title: 117; label: Banana pudding
title: 125; label: The food establishment
title: 135; label: Café Masala
title: 147; label: It’s a good thing
title: 159; label: Pasture perfect
title: 171; label: Rumaki
title: 179; label: School lunch
title: 187; label: A trout-fishing American
title: 197; label: The Don Quixote tour
title: 205; label: Natural foods
title: 215; label: A better bran muffin
title: 231; label: On Breeze Street
title: 239; label: In the Vieux Carré
title: 249; label: My old Kentucky home
title: 259; label: Shabbos
title: 269; label: Index
title: 277