Diane Clement at the Tomato: Recipes and Tales from the Tomato Fresh Food Cafe

Diane Clement at the Tomato: Recipes and Tales from the Tomato Fresh Food Cafe by Clement, Diane. Paperback edition. ISBN: 9781895714951.

Opened in 1991 by Diane Clement and her partners, Vancouvers Tomato Fresh Food Cafe has quickly become one of the citys funkiest eateries and meeting places for writers, artists, athletes, musicians, actors, and anyone who loves down-to-earth home-cooking sprinkled with considerable international panache. Now, for the first time, the self-styled Chef on the Run reveals the secrets of the Tomatos great success in a cookbook like no other. Crammed with recipes culled from the cafes menus over the years, choice behind-the-scenes tales and anecdotes of the restaurants boisterous daily business, helpful tips and food trivia, and droll line drawings by stage designer/artist Ken MacDonald, Diane Clement at the Tomato serves as a "biography" of a quintessential diner of the nineties.