From the beloved host and producer of PBS series Joanne Weir's
Cooking Confidence and Joanne Weir Gets Fresh.
Joanne's infectious enthusiasm...draws readers effortlessly into a new
and beautiful relationship to food. - Alice Waters
Chef, cooking instructor, and PBS television host Joanne Weir has
inspired legions of home cooks with her signature
California-Mediterranean cuisine and warm, engaging style. In Kitchen
Gypsy, the James Beard Award-winning author offers a taste of the
people, places, and flavors that have inspired her throughout the
years.
With refreshing honesty and humor, Joanne shares the spark that led to
her love of cooking, how she learned to taste and develop a palate, the
meal that would forever change her life, her years working with Alice
Waters at Chez Panisse during the beginning of the farm-to-table
movement, and her continued travels teaching cooking classes the world
over.
Throughout, she offers the cherished dishes and lessons that have shaped
her culinary journey, from the 140-year-old Lighting Cake recipe handed
down from her great-grandmother to the luxurious Beef Roulade with
Mushrooms and Garlic perfected during her Master Chef training in
France, and the approachable, globally-inspired dishes, like Fried Pork
Belly Tacos and Autumn Salad with Figs and Pomegranate, that have made
her a favorite of home cooks.
Lushly illustrated with full-color photographs, Kitchen Gypsy is both
an inspirational cooking resource and an armchair read, offering recipes
made to be shared and savored against the colorful backdrop of Weir's
evocative writing.
