Club Cuisine: Cooking with a Master Chef [Hardcover]

Edward G. Leonard (Author), Ron Manville (Photographer)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 16, 2006

Recipes and cooking tips from the kitchen of one of the country's most exclusive clubs


Club Cuisine is the new, stunningly visual cookbook featuring Certified Master Chef Edward Leonard's dynamic club fare. It presents more than 150 recipes that, until now, have typically only been enjoyed by privileged members of private clubs. Inside, you'll find helpful hints and insights to create these scrumptious dishes, as well as inspiring photographs by renowned photographer Ron Manville, who has worked extensively with the ACF Culinary Team USA and other top chefs.

For serious chefs, Club Cuisine is a dream come true. Featured recipes include amuse-bouches, seafood, beef, and pasta dishes as well as delectable soups, salads, and sandwiches. Also included is a guest chef chapter featuring recipes from some of the top club chefs around the country that add to this impressive collection. Caterers and restaurant owners will also find complete seasonal menu items that have pleased distinguished diners at top private clubs.

For everything from a simple nosh to a hearty but elegant meal, Club Cuisine is the cookbook to keep at your fingertips.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Recipes and cooking tips from the kitchen of one of the country's most exclusive clubs

Club Cuisine is the new, stunningly visual cookbook featuring Certified Master Chef Edward Leonard's dynamic club fare. It presents more than 150 recipes that, until now, have typically only been enjoyed by privileged members of private clubs. Inside, you'll find helpful hints and insights to create these scrumptious dishes, as well as inspiring photographs by renowned photographer Ron Manville, who has worked extensively with the ACF Culinary Team USA and other top chefs.

For serious chefs, Club Cuisine is a dream come true. Featured recipes include amuse-bouches, seafood, beef, and pasta dishes as well as delectable soups, salads, and sandwiches. Also included is a guest chef chapter featuring recipes from some of the top club chefs around the country that add to this impressive collection. Caterers and restaurant owners will also find complete seasonal menu items that have pleased distinguished diners at top private clubs.

For everything from a simple nosh to a hearty but elegant meal, Club Cuisine is the cookbook to keep at your fingertips.

About the Author

CHEF EDWARD G. LEONARD, CMC, is captain and team manager of the award-winning ACF Culinary Team USA, Vice President of the World Association of Cooks Societies, and Executive Chef at the Westchester Country Club, the 14th ranked Platinum Club, in Rye, New York. Chef Leonard is one of only sixty-two Certified Master Chefs in the United States.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (June 16, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 047174171X
• ISBN-13: 978-0471741718
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #468,266 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Flavorful, January 23, 2007

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Susan Labate "Susan" (Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Club Cuisine: Cooking with a Master Chef (Hardcover)

Many recipes, I enjoy all of the day parts as many good books forget we eat breakfast and lunch at times. Many recipes complex but others simple and full of flavor. No doubt much passion and care from the author in regard to his craft. The forward if people read such things written by another chef is one of the best I have seen and really captures the author and what he is about, well done. Great photos and the chef displays a knack for plating and displaying food he should do a book just on this subject. It is a must book for the culinary libary.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars CLUB FOOD FOR THE RESTAURANT TOO, January 28, 2010

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George A. Hoch "Mary Hoch" (Edmond Ok) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Club Cuisine: Cooking with a Master Chef (Kindle Edition)

I love the book. I refer to it often. Nice ideas for my catering and restaurant.

6 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Cooking, June 25, 2006

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Big John (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Club Cuisine: Cooking with a Master Chef (Hardcover)

This is a fist class cook book. With so many out there, this book has a nice designe, great pictures that show food you want to eat! It even has breakfast and lunch items, not all meals revolve around dinner.
The chef knows his stuff and knows how to harmonize flavors while show creative food that works.
Good cooking Chef