Chez Panisse Pasta, Pizza and Calzone [Hardcover]

Alice Waters (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 12, 1984

This classic cookbook brings together 87 recipes for pasta sauces and 36 pizza and calzone recipes, as well as tasty pasta doughs, such as buckwheat, red pepper and saffron. Featuring beautiful line drawings throughout, the book is a feast for the eyes as well as the palate.

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This classic cookbook brings together 87 recipes for pasta sauces and 36 pizza and calzone recipes, as well as tasty pasta doughs, such as buckwheat, red pepper and saffron. Featuring beautiful line drawings throughout, the book is a feast for the eyes as well as the palate. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 196 pages
• Publisher: Random House; 1st edition (June 12, 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0394530942
• ISBN-13: 978-0394530949
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,245,138 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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35 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars It's just not the real thing, March 24, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Chez Panisse Pasta, Pizza, Calzone (Paperback)

Beautiful book, great recipes...except for one: the pizza dough recipe is nothing like what they use at the Chez Panisse Cafe. After several frustrating attempts to try and duplicate the pizzas that I have eaten so many times, I called the restaurant, and they admitted that the recipe in the book was not the real McCoy. Without it, what's the point? Side note: there is a pizza dough recipe in Rogers and Gray's The Cafe Cookbook that is much closer to the original...

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Some delicious recipes you can make simpler on your own, September 15, 2004

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This review is from: Chez Panisse Pasta, Pizza, Calzone (Paperback)

I have been using the cookbook for about 6 or 7 years now. It is by far the most used cookbook on my rather stocked cookbook shelf. There are so many things to love about this book, especially the way it is divided by seasons so you can easily choose a recipe made with ingredients that are in season, which, of course, is what has made Alice Waters a legend. Since I don't have hours to spend in the kitchen, I do not make my own pasta as the recipes suggest. That cuts down significantly on the time involved, and, although I imagine that well-made fresh pasta is a delight, I have found every dish I've tried utterly delicious -- not lacking in flavor, texture, or excitement despite the use of your ordinary dried pasta. I absolutely love the linguini with cherry tomato vinagrette, and during tomato season we eat this almost every week. It's easy and delicious, and you can make most of it ahead of time, just cooking the pasta at the last minute and tossing it all together. The only drawback is that some of the recipes are just way too involved for your average person, but for a cookbook inspired by such a legendary restaurant and chef, there are many recipes that are simple enough for just about anybody to make.

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book was my permission to experiment, November 11, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Chez Panisse Pasta, Pizza, Calzone (Paperback)

This book, originally published in 1984 was a major influence on the way I cook. It not only gave me the knowledge to try new and fresher ingredients, but it's writing enabled me to visualize that I could really improvise in the kitchen. Every recipie I have made from this book has been fabulous, and the roasted new potatoes with pesto are the absolute bomb. For the recipies, and the creativeness that Alice Waters encourages, no serious cook should be without this book.