This book is a collection of recipes and portraits from such culinary luminaries as Julia Child, Thomas Keller, Charlie Trotter, and Daniel Boulud.

Accompanying the more than seventy recipes from forty featured chefs are fresh and spontaneous comments on everything from their love of the game to roads not taken.

Everyone freely shares their favorite snacks, memorable meals, and the tools and ingredients that they could not live without.

Contents

Preface by Jan Bartelsman
Introduction by Stephanie Lyness
Julia Child
Ben and Karen Barker
Lidia Bastianich
Rick Bayless
Daniel Boulud
Jefery Buben
Tom Colicchio
Gary Danko
Robert Del Grande
Traci Des Jardins
Rocco Dispirito
Tom Douglas
Wylie Dufresne
Todd English
Bobby Flay
Claudia Fleming
Suzanne Goin
Christine Keff
Thomas Keller
Bob Kinkead
Jean-Marie Lacroix
Nobuyuki Matsuhisa
Nancy Oakes
Patrick O'Connell
Tadashi Ono
Michel Richard
Eric Ripert
Marcus Samuelsson
Lydia Shire
Katy Sparks
Susan Spicer
Joachim Splichal
Allen Susser
Rick Tramonto
Charlie Trotter
Ming Tsai
Norman Van Aken
Marc Vetri
Jean-Georges Vongerichten
Bob Waggoner

About the Chefs
The Restaurants
Index

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