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GtrsRGr8 · 08-29-2016, 04:26 PM

Even though the book is only $1.99, it seems kinda expensive for just 12 recipes. But, maybe they're really, really, really good ones.

In truth, there are many recipes in the book, plus just a lot of general tips about doing good cooking. Not that any of ya'll need that.

Even though there are lots of reviews/ratings at Amazon for the book, for some reason I felt a need to check GoodReads, too. I'm glad that I did. Their raters give this book an average of 4.12 (very high for them) from 228 ratings.

In addition to being the 2015 IACP Cookbook Award (as mentioned in the book description), this is also a New York Times Bestseller.

Twelve Recipes. By Cal Peternell. Rated 4.4 stars from 100 reviews, at Amazon at the present moment. Print list price $26.99; digital list price $11.99; Kindle price now $1.99. William Morrow Cookbooks, publisher. 304 pages. https://www.amazon.com/Twelve-Recipe.../dp/B00I2PF4VA.

Book Description

Winner of the 2015 International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) Cookbook Award

Forewords by Alice Waters and Michael Pollan

In this dazzling, full color cookbook and kitchen manual filled with lush photographs and beautiful drawings, the chef of Alice Waters’ Chez Panisse offers basic techniques and essential recipes that will transform anyone into a confident home cook.

When his oldest son was leaving for college, Cal Peternell, the chef of San Francisco’s legendary Chez Panisse, realized that, although he regularly made dinners for his family, he’d never taught them the basics of cooking. Based on the life-altering course of instruction he prepared and honed through many phone calls with his son, Twelve Recipes is the ultimate introduction to the kitchen. Peternell focuses on the core foods and dishes that comprise a successful home cook’s arsenal, each building skill upon skill—from toast, eggs, and beans, to vinaigrettes, pasta with tomato, and rice, to vegetables, soup, meats, and cake.

Twelve Recipes will help home cooks develop a core repertoire of skills and increase their culinary confidence. Peternell tells you what basic ingredients and tools you need for a particular recipe, and then adds variations to expand your understanding. Each tip, instruction, and recipe connects with others to weave into a larger story that illuminates the connection between food and life. A deeply personal book, it was written by the chef alone and it glows with warmth and humor as he mulls over such mundane items as toast and rice to offer surprising new insights about foods that only seem exceedingly ordinary. It’s a book you’re as likely to keep by your bedside as your stovetop. With Peternell as your guide, the journey is pure pleasure and the destination is delicious.

Twelve Recipes features gorgeous color photos and inset illustrations by Peternell’s wife and sons (all artists), and forewords by celebrated chef Alice Waters and New York Times columnist and bestselling author Michael Pollan.

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GtrsRGr8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,334 Karma: 27815322 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Southeastern U.S., ya'll Device: Kindle; Kindle (10.1.1) for PC; Kindle Cloud Reader	"'Twelve' Recipes"--83% Off of the Digital List Price and Superbly Rated. Even though the book is only $1.99, it seems kinda expensive for just 12 recipes. But, maybe they're really, really, really good ones. In truth, there are many recipes in the book, plus just a lot of general tips about doing good cooking. Not that any of ya'll need that. Even though there are lots of reviews/ratings at Amazon for the book, for some reason I felt a need to check GoodReads, too. I'm glad that I did. Their raters give this book an average of 4.12 (very high for them) from 228 ratings. In addition to being the 2015 IACP Cookbook Award (as mentioned in the book description), this is also a New York Times Bestseller. Twelve Recipes. By Cal Peternell. Rated 4.4 stars from 100 reviews, at Amazon at the present moment. Print list price $26.99; digital list price $11.99; Kindle price now $1.99. William Morrow Cookbooks, publisher. 304 pages. https://www.amazon.com/Twelve-Recipe.../dp/B00I2PF4VA. Book Description Winner of the 2015 International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) Cookbook Award Forewords by Alice Waters and Michael Pollan In this dazzling, full color cookbook and kitchen manual filled with lush photographs and beautiful drawings, the chef of Alice Waters’ Chez Panisse offers basic techniques and essential recipes that will transform anyone into a confident home cook. When his oldest son was leaving for college, Cal Peternell, the chef of San Francisco’s legendary Chez Panisse, realized that, although he regularly made dinners for his family, he’d never taught them the basics of cooking. Based on the life-altering course of instruction he prepared and honed through many phone calls with his son, Twelve Recipes is the ultimate introduction to the kitchen. Peternell focuses on the core foods and dishes that comprise a successful home cook’s arsenal, each building skill upon skill—from toast, eggs, and beans, to vinaigrettes, pasta with tomato, and rice, to vegetables, soup, meats, and cake. Twelve Recipes will help home cooks develop a core repertoire of skills and increase their culinary confidence. Peternell tells you what basic ingredients and tools you need for a particular recipe, and then adds variations to expand your understanding. Each tip, instruction, and recipe connects with others to weave into a larger story that illuminates the connection between food and life. A deeply personal book, it was written by the chef alone and it glows with warmth and humor as he mulls over such mundane items as toast and rice to offer surprising new insights about foods that only seem exceedingly ordinary. It’s a book you’re as likely to keep by your bedside as your stovetop. With Peternell as your guide, the journey is pure pleasure and the destination is delicious. Twelve Recipes features gorgeous color photos and inset illustrations by Peternell’s wife and sons (all artists), and forewords by celebrated chef Alice Waters and New York Times columnist and bestselling author Michael Pollan. Last edited by GtrsRGr8; 08-29-2016 at 04:29 PM.