California The Beautiful Cookbook

California The Beautiful Cookbook by Carroll, John Phillip. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780067575949.

Two collections of Californias best. The latest addition to Collinss popular series is a locally specialized but stunning entry. The photographs of the California scenery/scene are varied and vivid, while the food photography is quite spectacular, and the recipes are far better and more interesting than those in several of the previous books. Recommended for most California libraries, and for any others that can afford this luxury. Like Robert Schneiders The Open Hand Cookbook (LJ 11/15/89), the San Francisco Symphonys benefit cookbook offers a tantalizing collection of menus from some of Californias most talented chefs. The roster of Bay Area contributors includes Jeremiah Tower, Alice Waters, Barbara Tropp, Ken Hom, and many other stars; many of the recipes are unmistakably "California," but they do in fact represent a wide range of styles, and theyve been well edited for the home cook. Recommended. Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.