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Thomas Keller shares family-style recipes that you can make any or every day. In the book every home cook has been waiting for, the revered Thomas Keller turns his imagination to the American comfort foods closest to his heart flaky biscuits, chicken pot pies, New England clam bakes, and cherry pies so delicious and redolent of childhood that they give Proust's madeleines a run for their money. Keller, whose restaurants The French Laundry in Yountville, California, and Per Se in New York have revolutionized American haute cuisine, is equally adept at turning out simpler fare. In Ad Hoc at Home a cookbook inspired by the menu of his casual restaurant Ad Hoc in Yountville he showcases more than 200 recipes for family-style meals. This is Keller at his most playful, serving up such truck-stop classics as Potato Hash with Bacon and Melted Onions and grilled-cheese sandwiches, and heartier fare including beef Stroganoff and roasted spring leg of lamb. In fun, full-color photographs, the great chef gives step-by-step lessons in kitchen basics here is Keller teaching how to perfectly shape a basic hamburger, truss a chicken, or dress a salad. Best of all, where Keller s previous best-selling cookbooks were for the ambitious advanced cook, Ad Hoc at Home is filled with quicker and easier recipes that will be embraced by both kitchen novices and more experienced cooks who want the ultimate recipes for American comfort-food classics.
About the Author
Thomas Keller, author of The French Laundry Cookbook, Bouchon, Under Pressure, Ad Hoc at Home, and Bouchon Bakery, has eleven restaurants and bakeries in the United States. His two Michelin Guide three-star-rated restaurants, The French Laundry and per se, continue to vie for best restaurant in America and for ranking among the top five eateries in the world. He has been honored with innumerable awards, from an honorary doctorate to outstanding restaurateur to chef of the year (for successive years).
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5.0 out of 5 stars
(Relatively) down to earth from Thomas Keller,
By Mustanganna (Victoria, B.C., Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Ad Hoc at Home: Family-Style Recipes (Hardcover)
Loads of sexy food pictures, insights into kitchen methodology, and a great section on pantry items. This hefty book gets hauled off the shelf so often it might count as exercise. Which is comforting given the amount of butter Thomas Keller suggests.Every recipe I've made has turned out beautifully. It's a nice change from the Bouchon and French Laundry books that I don't even browse unless I have an entire weekend and an extra few hundred dollars to devote to the kitchen!
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Not a scary Thomas Keller book...,
By Bookhound (British Columbia, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Ad Hoc at Home: Family-Style Recipes (Hardcover)
As a novice cook, I appreciated that this oversize book has lots of full-colour illustrations that detail tasks I've never been quite sure about, like how to properly truss a chicken or cut it into eight pieces. It has detailed instructions for beginners but plenty of inspiring recipes that are more challenging. It was not nearly as intimidating as I thought a Thomas Keller cookbook would be, and if you like to read cookbooks and spend time a bit of time in the kitchen, I highly recommend it. It's more than pretty enough to keep on your coffee table, too.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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So Much info in this giant book!,
By Jon McMahon (Edmonton, Alberta Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Ad Hoc at Home: Family-Style Recipes (Hardcover)
A huge book with more info than most. Excellent very informative info on basic to complex cooking techniques and recipes. Easily worth every penny. If I were to pick one book to have in the home this would be it, little bit of everything.
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