MY PANTRY: Homemade Ingredients That Make Simple Meals Your Own: A Cookbook

We are so lucky to have Alice Waters helping us navigate our food sources especially in an era of easy, convenient but highly processed foods. Want to take your culinary skills to a new level? Start with good ingredients and Ms. Waters will show you have to stock your pantry with just that. From homemade chicken broth to sauces to pickled vegetables to homemade cheese, your dishes will take on new depth. It doesn't mean that the process will be more complicated, just that you will start with better stuff. The really big bonus of this book (it's not really a "cookbook") are Ms. Waters musings about how to pull the various ingredients in your panty together for a delicious, nutritious and rather quick meal. She is really teaching the reader the skill of combining a variety of things together for something tasty and that is the true art of cooking. Anyone can follow a recipe and achieve measured results, but to be able to stand in front of an open refrigerator and cupboard and know how to effortlessly pull a meal together, that takes practice, know-how and skill - all of which you can garner by applying Ms. Waters' knowledge beautifully detailed in this book. After reading this, you'll completely understand why Chez Panisse continues to be one of the most highly regarded restaurants for 40+ years.

A treat for Alice Waters fans. I find I'm using quite a few of the recipes and the writing is pure delight. This is a wise addition to any kitchen for the ideas, recipes and sound advice for everyday and occasions alike.

Ein Muss. Wunderbare Tipps und Rezepte. Für jeden brauchbar. Optimal Geld sparen, weil man besser die Reserven optimiert

This book is so inspirational! I was reading it at night when I had insomnia, and it was all I could do to stay in bed and not get up and cook stuff! The recipes and text are both very straightforward- not at ALL fussy!- but complete, and all of them have exciting variations both in making them and in ways to serve them. Almost all of them can be done with minimal kitchen equipment, and they're designed for lasting- I think the shortest-lived ones would last maybe a week, refrigerated, but much last far longer. It's definitely worth reading all the text rather than just diving into the recipes. Waters's thoughtful context makes the recipes themselves even more exciting. Very recommended indeed for cooks who like some straightforward DIY that allows us to bring unique flavors to even simple dishes, made with excellent ingredients.

This is the only one of Alice's books I did not own, and it is a treasure trove of recipes and ideas to enrich one's pantry and culinary efforts. I go back to it often and always discover something I just have to make.