Awards
Winner of the 2015 IACP Cookbook of the Year Award
Synopses & Reviews
The debut cookbook from the head chef at the three-Michelin-starred Restaurant at Meadowood, featuring nearly 100 recipes and spotlighting the artisans, gardeners, and growers, as well as the hidden landscapes of Napa Valley, that have influenced and inspired Kostow's unparalleled cuisine. A philosophy major with no formal culinary training, Christopher Kostow is not your typical Napa Valley chef. While there are many popular restaurants in Napa and cookbooks about its chefs, restaurants, and cooking styles, there is no chef who is more deeply rooted in and affected by the place in which he works. A New Napa Cuisine will follow Kostow's evolution from a line cook in a seaside town to a three-Michelin-starred chef at Meadowood, a Napa Valley mainstay that the Wall Street Journal recently labeled a "world class culinary splurge" and "temple of modern American cuisine." Through artfully constructed recipes and stories--of discovering a bounty of wild ingredients in the woods near his St. Helena home, or spending afternoons firing pottery with local ceramists--Kostow introduces readers to a new Napa, one that's rich in local flavor and a strong sense of community.
Review
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Atelier Crenn perfectly captures the creativity, talent, and taste of Dominique Crenn. At Atelier Crenn, she balances her French DNA and true American passion for ingredients that are local and sustainably raised and farmed. Crennandrsquo;s talent lies in her ability to express a delicate, original, and genuine voice in contemporary Californian haute cuisine.andrdquo;andmdash;
Daniel Boulud, Chef/Owner, Daniel
andldquo;To dine at Dominique Crennandrsquo;s atelier is to take a delightful surprise-filled stroll through her world, Brittany and California, seacoast and forest and farm, her impressions translated into delicious tableaux by means of the modern cookandrsquo;s full range of tools and techniques. Atelier Crenn is a fascinating window into the life, thought, and painstaking craft of one of our most accomplished chefs.andrdquo;andmdash;Harold McGee, author of On Food and Cooking
andldquo;Dominique Crenn quite literally puts poetry on a plate every day at Atelier Crennandmdash;sheandrsquo;s a fantastically talented chef who has already contributed a great deal to the rich culinary history of the Bay Area. This book is the story of her food, finding her voice as a chef, and her culinary philosophy, all of which will surely inspire readers to turn their own kitchens into ateliers.andrdquo;andmdash;Nathan Myhrvold, coauthor of Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking and Modernist Cuisine at Home, author of The Photography of Modernist Cuisine
andldquo;Dominique Crennandrsquo;s creativity and passion shine in this gorgeous book that showcases her unique cuisine. I am happy to have her as a friend!andrdquo;andmdash;Elena Arzak, Chef and co-director, Restaurant Arzak
Synopsis
CHRISTOPHER KOSTOW is head chef at The Restaurant at Meadowood, which earned three Michelin stars and four stars in the San Francisco Chronicle under his leadership. He worked as sous chef under Daniel Humm at Campton Place in San Francisco before becoming executive chef at Chez TJ in Mountain View, California, where he earned two Michelin stars. Kostow was awarded the James Beard Award for Best Chef: West in 2013 and named one of Food & Wine's Best New Chefs 2009.
Synopsis
The debut cookbook from the first female chef in America to earn two Michelin stars
Synopsis
The debut cookbook from the first female chef in America to earn two Michelin stars Atelier Crenn is the debut cookbook of Dominique Crenn, the first female chef in America to be awarded two Michelin starsandmdash;and arguably the greatest female chef in the country. This gorgeous book traces Crennandrsquo;s rise from her childhood in France to her unprecedented success with her own restaurant, Atelier Crenn, in San Francisco. Crennandrsquo;s food is centered around organic, sustainable ingredients with an unusual, inventive, and always stunning presentation. To put it simply, Crennandrsquo;s dishes are works of art. Her recipes reflect her poetic nature with evocative names like andldquo;A Walk in the Forest,andrdquo; andldquo;Birth,andrdquo; and andldquo;The Sea.andrdquo; Even the dishes that sound familiar, like Fish and Chips, or Broccoli and Beef Tartare, challenge the expected with their surprising components and her signature creative plating. This impressive and beautiful cookbook by a chef who is often the only woman to be mentioned in the same breath with other culinary giants is bound to captivate the food world.
About the Author
CHRISTOPHER KOSTOW is the critically acclaimed chef at The Restaurant at Meadowood in St. Helena, California, and one of the youngest chefs ever to receive three Michelin stars. A Chicago native, Kostow has cooked in such celebrated kitchens as George’s at the Cove in San Diego, Campton Place in San Francisco, Le Jardin des Sens in Montpellier, France, and Chez TJ in Mountain View, California, where he earned two Michelin stars. He was named one of Food & Wine magazine’s Best New Chefs in 2009 and won the James Beard Award for Best Chef: West in 2013; The Restaurant at Meadowood won the James Beard Award for Outstanding Service in 2014. Christopher lives in St. Helena with his wife, Martina, and their daughter, Daisy.
Table of Contents
A Journey to Napa
The Growers
The Artisans
The New Luxury
The Wilds
History as Inspiration
Materia Prima
A New Napa Cuisine
Techniques
Acknowledgments
Index