A Great American Cook: Recipes from the Home Kitchen of One of Our Most Influential Chefs

Renowned chef Jonathan Waxman knows that becoming a great American cook starts at homehere he shares methods for recipes you can pull together with just a few ingredients.Widely recognized as one of the fathers of New American cuisine, Jonathan Waxman knows how to make magnificent food from just a few ingredients, roasting eggplants and red peppers for an intensely flavored soup or tossing asparagus with oranges and hazelnuts for a refreshing first course. His vision is bold, but strikingly unpretentious: many of the dishes in A Great American Cooklike the Shrimp BLT, Crispy Chicken and Goat Cheese Burritos, and Gingerbread with Brandied Plumsare freespirited plays on classics, and his ?less is more? philosophy animates suppers like flashseared scallops on caramelized onions and chicken cooked under a brick with a sauce of ros? wine, bacon, and peas. From a versatile vegetable dish that goes with nearly every main course to handmade pastas with delicate sauces to a foolproof way to cook salmon, Waxman gives you all the techniques and recipes you need for simple, sophisticated cooking at home.