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| The Art of Simple Food: Notes, Lessons, and Recipes from a Delicious Revolution | 
 enlarge | Author: Alice Waters
Publisher: Clarkson Potter
Category: Book
List Price: $35.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  65 reviews
Sales Rank: 601
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 416
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.1
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 7.3 x 1.3
ISBN: 0307336794
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.5
EAN: 9780307336798
ASIN: 0307336794
Publication Date: October 2, 2007
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 The Art of Simple Food November 23, 2007
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is a wonderful cook book. She starts with the basics, yet the recipes are gourment quality. I like that she cooks with fresh herbs yet not many ingredients. Easy recipes for delicious results.
Gift from An Elder December 11, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Alice Waters helps cooks find their paths, while taking the snobbery and elusiveness out of the creation of a healthy, delicious, and stunning meal. She shares her methods, from the knives and pots and pans she uses to the ingredients she keeps stocked in her pantry and refrigerator. I felt like I was reading a guide passed down by an elder who understands both the spiritual and practical value of preparing wholesome food. As well, the recipes I tried are simple and outstanding. I'm thrilled that Alice wrote this book. This is a great gift for the experienced but jaded chef, a young person just exploring the meaning of a great meal, or anyone interested in simplifying their way of thinking about food and cooking. Big thanks, Alice!
on my book list October 12, 2007
4 out of 9 found this review helpful
I just learned of Alice's book and have it on my list of books to get. I was impressed by her recent appearance on "The Today Show," where she made a simple salad with local ingredients. She was very articulate and laidback. So, if that demeanor translates onto the written page, this should be a quality book. Her "slow food" philosophy has really caught on, including in my North Carolina community. So, some of us are trying to create our own Chez Panisse-like recipes with locally harvested ingredients.
I look forward to plunging into Alice's new book.
basic foods January 11, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is a good book for people who want good food with normal, everyday ingredients. Roasting vegetables is quick, easy, simple and tastey. Salt , paper. oil. No crazy expensive ingredients. Simple meat preperation, that gives yummy results. Life is complicated enough. A good book for a gift for someone who needs to learn, but a good book for people who have been cooking for years,too.
Worth a read..... February 7, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
There are so many reasons I appreciate Alice Waters and the fact she is such a 'foodie'. The fact she supports eating local foods, is trying to educate school children in her area, and for the most part prepares food in a simple direct way, are all reasons I admire her.
But lets not forget as she noted on the Charlie Rose Show, she hasn't cooked in her own restaurant since her oldest child, now in their twenties, was born. It does bother me that with all the emphasis on eating local, that many of the recipes call for ingredients from across the world.
And it also bothers me that modern day 'foodies' can often have a snob element. But I try and overlook these negatives and appreciate the fact she is trying to educate folks on buying local, and organic foods. Would like for Ms Waters and other authors of food books, would remind readers that its ok to play around with recipes and punch them up to fit ones own tastes.
But I would have liked her to write more on how do those working families, trying to keep their heads above water, afford organic foods where they live?
Yes, organic is best in the long run, but so often those with money living in upscale areas of the community, don't really grasp what everyday folks working long hours with less money are up against.
But I still recommend the book because I like new recipes and figure there is more positive than negative to what she has written.
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