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When award-winning chef Reed Hearon decided to open his third restaurant in the historic North Beach section of San Francisco, he wanted to pay tribute to the cuisine of the Italian immigrants who settled there. He was immediately intrigued by a hardworking, hard-drinking barkeep named Rose Pistola who had been featured in journalist Peggy Knickerbocker's recently published article on the great cooks, or "Old Stoves," of North Beach. He asked Rose if he could name his new restaurant after her, to which she replied, "What's in it for me?" Reed's answer? A table anytime.<br> <br> Now tables are hard to come by at Reed's wildly successful Rose Pistola restaurant. Hailed as "the best Italian restaurant in San Francisco" by the <i>San Francisco Chronicle,</i> Rose Pistola took the country by storm, winning the 1997 James Beard Award for Best New Restaurant, while <i>Bon Appetit</i> named it "One of the Year's Best New Restaurants."<br> <br> <i>The Rose Pistola Cookbook</i> features 140 of this beloved restaurant's best dishes, which combine Old-World Italian spirit and innovative California cuisine. Each recipe has been simplified for the home cook, emphasizing readily available ingredi

Author

Hearon, Reed; Knickerbocker, Peggy, 1945-

Publisher

New York: Broadway Books

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9780767902502

Subjects

Home & Lifestyle, Cooking

Rating

5 / 5 (15 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14