Chicago Cooks: 25 Years of Chicago Culinary History and Great Recipes from Les Dames d'Escoffier [Kindle Edition]

Carol Mighton Haddix (Editor)

Book Description

The past 25 years has seen Chicago transformed from a heartland stronghold of meat and potatoes into a major culinary center. Chicago Cooks chronicles this story through the eyes of the Chicago chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier, female leaders in the food and dining world. They tell how the Chicago food scene grew and evolved, touching on landmark restaurants like Charlie Trotter's and Frontera Grill, the rise of ethnic cuisines imported from around the world, and the proliferation of shops, markets, and classes serving the ever more sophisticated home cook. The book also includes a bounty of 75 recipes for entertaining from this unique group of Chicago food authorities, gathered specially for this book.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

Women have always played a central role in Chicago’s vast food industry, whether behind a stove, at a journalist’s desk, in front of a camera, or providing publicity services. Several decades ago a group of these women formed an association, Les Dames d’Escoffier, which sought to raise awareness of the importance of women in the city’s culinary life  and to educate and advance their métier. This cookbook recounts the organization’s history, tells of the progress of Chicago cooking, and provides recipes to document this. Besides deep-dish pizza, Chicago has introduced the rest of the world to such dishes as Chicken Vesuvio and Shrimp de Jonghe. Recipes reflect both the wide-ranging tastes of Chicagoans, the immeasurable influence of the ethnic groups that populate the city, and these women’s considerable cooking talents. Color photographs highlight the text and recipes, many of which appeared originally in the Chicago Tribune. For regional collections. --Mark Knoblauch

Product Details

• File Size: 2090 KB
• Print Length: 224 pages
• Publisher: Agate Surrey (August 28, 2007)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B001O2SAWI
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Not Enabled
• Lending: Not Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #707,604 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
  • #18 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Regional & International > U.S. Regional > Midwest

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Good For foodie March 17, 2008

By a great chef

Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase

Beatiful book, artwork is great, intro to chapters interesting and informative. Recipes are great, they WORK! Like the menus for the holidays. This one is for seasoned cooks, not for beginners.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars good history of chicago food, disappointing formatting October 25, 2012

By Marilyn Scofield

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

As stated above, I enjoyed reading the history of Chicago foods and restaurants. I just have a couple of gripes.
Wish they had picked one font size and style and stuck with it. The ingredients list on all the recipes is tiny, one of them magnifying glass tiny. The font size can't be adjusted because they're apparently some sort of picture file which doesn't get any larger. I'm also not crazy about the font jumping from one style to another.

I prefer my recipes to be continuous - some have parts of the history stuck in the middle of the recipe.

I did get a good laugh out of the fact that at the end of the hot dog recipe you're advised on the proper time to make your ganache :)

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Chicage cooks January 19, 2013

By fran

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

amoung the many cook books I have this is really not one of my favorites, the recipies are only so-so and I don't' think I will ever try any.