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Vintage Restaurant: Handcrafted Cuisine from a Sun Valley Favorite

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This is a delightful cookbook, full of interesting background about Keys and the recipes that he presents. The recipes are generally straightforward and easy to follow, while being complex enough to provide an interesting mixture of flavors. My wife just loves the book and we are planning on having many wonderful meals from its recipes. I have dined at Keys restaurant in Ketchum (Sun Valley) Idaho and if you are anywhere nearby it is not to be missed. I have also dined at a private dinner that Keys and his staff prepared from the book. One of the best meals I have ever had.

Every recipe that I've made from this cookbook has been mouthwatering & amaizing. the best part is that you don't have to be good a cooking to pull the dishes off. The cookbook is also designed so that you create a complete complimentary meal and not just one part of the entre. I love it

VINTAGE RESTAURANT: HANDCRAFTED CUISINE FROM A SUN VALLEY FAVORITE comes from one who began his culinary career over thirty years ago, working in many restaurants before his Vintage Restaurant developed a blend of French cuisine and Western influence. VINTAGE RESTAURANT gathers these innovations for home cooks, offering up dishes that excel in unusual blends from a Szechwan Carrot Soup to Asian Mahogany Chicken Bowl and more. Color photos throughout add the finishing touch and flair to a title that home chefs will welcome for its original dishes.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch

"Vintage is a micro-wild area in the middle of a modern mountain town. It sprang up like a wild mountain on an ancient tree trunk...you just come upon Vintage. There is a sense of wonder and simplicity, an ageless quality in its walls and gardens." ~Jeff Keys

The high quality of this book is immediately apparent in the beautiful cover, richly textured cloth binding and opulent pages. From the moment I opened the book I started to wonder which recipe I would try first. The Cream of Mushroom and Fresh Herb Soup is calls to you from the page, the scent of fresh basil rising to meet you.

The ingredients are divided into creative categories and chapters:

Vintage Style
Luscious Starters
Salads
The Lost Art of Great Soup
Tomato Manifesto
Brown Sauce Interlude
Entrees
Desserts

The style of Jeff Keys cooking has some secrets he discloses in this book. One is a spice he uses on steaks, in stews and when roasting meats. This is a dry spice you will want to make up first because it is used in many of the recipes.

When making the brown sugar marinade, you will need two teaspoons. It is a mixture of spices made with ingredients like paprika, fennel seed and thyme. These ingredients are easy to find in your local store. You will also find some ingredients like the Boboli pizza crusts being used as a base for a pizza feast. One recipe is for the pizza crusts and filling and then Jeff expands the recipe for four types of dinners. Prawns, asparagus and grilled duck are all used in various recipes to enhance and build upon the first.

Some of the delicious recipes include:

Lightly Smoked Wild King Salmon Pate
Warm Shitake Mushroom Sesame Vinaigrette (there are lots of dressing recipes)
Alpine Chowder
Tomato and Black Currant Chutney
Homemade Brown Sauce with variations
Classic Paris Bistro Pepper Steak
Hot Fudge Sauce
Chocolate Chunk Bread Pudding with Steamy Whiskey Sabayon Sauce
Fresh Pear Struddle
The World's Best Root Beer Float (they use white chocolate ice cream)

Vintage Restaurant is a unique and collectable classic cookbook with recipes you won't find anywhere else. This is comfort food at its most gourmet and it will make you long for a trip to Sun Valley.

~The Rebecca Review