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Forget about getting back to the land, David Tanis just wants you to get back to the kitchen For six months a year, David Tanis is the head chef at Chez Panisse, the Berkeley, California, restaurant where he has worked alongside Alice Waters since the 1980s in creating a revolution in sustainable American cuisine. The other six months, Tanis lives in Paris in a seventeenth-century apartment, where he hosts intimate dinners for friends and paying guests, and prepares the food in a small kitchen equipped with nothing more than an old stove, a little counter space, and a handful of wellused pots and pans. This is the book for anyone who wants to gather and feed friends around a table and nurture their conversation. It{u2019}s not about showing off with complicated techniques and obscure ingredients. Worlds away from the showy Food Network personalities, Tanis believes that the most satisfying meals{u2014}for both the cook and the guest{u2014}are invariably the simplest. Home cooks can easily re-create any of his 24 seasonal, market-driven menus, from spring{u2019}s Supper of the Lamb (Warm Asparagus Vinaigrette; Shoulder of Spring Lamb with Flageolet Beans and Olive Relish; Rum Baba w

Who reads A Platter of Figs and Other Recipes?

Author

David Tanis; Alice Waters

Publisher

Published by Artisan

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781579655945

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Cooking, Home & Lifestyle

Rating

3.93 / 5 (1,335 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14