American Bistro: Great Recipes in the New Cooking Tradition

By Diane Rossen Worthington

Book Overview

It's casual, it's satisfying, and it's the way we want to eat now. Inspired by European corner cafes, the new American bistro fare is defined by fresh ingredients and a preference for locally grown, seasonal items. Sophisticated in its simplicity, featuring ethnic flavors, regional foods, and easy-to-master techniques such as grilling and roasting, this exciting new American cuisine has turned up across the country, from the Union Square Cafe in the east to Cafe Beaujolais in the west. Just as she defined California Cuisine with her classic cookbook The Cuisine of California, Worthington brings the newest sensation in American cooking into home kitchens everywhere with American Bistro. Rustic and sophisticated, earthy and eclectic, American Bistro melds European traditions with homegrown innovation to create the signature cuisine of America

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811814750
• ISBN13: 9780811814751
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Chronicle Books Llc
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

"I CAN'T WAIT FOR HER NEXT ONE!"

American Bistro by Diane Worthington is destined to become another must have in any cooks kitchen. It already is in mine! The Whitefish Tureen is to die for and the Mushroom Barley Soup is heaven on earth. Diane, if you are reading this, keep up the great work! You leave your readers craving more everytime!

Everything to make an Casual meal elegant

If you love to cook and love to eat good food this is for you. The elegance of Bisto food with the simplicty of casual cooking. I love it and my collection would not be complete with out it and I would miss it.

American Bistro is great for the home cook!

Don't feel like braving the crowds or forking over alot of money at your favorite restaurant? A friend gifted me with Diane Worthington's American Bistro and I've had fabulous fun producing bistro fare right at home, thanks to her clear, concise directions, use of wonderful fresh ingredients, and her fusion of cooking traditions found throughout our country. Bravo Bistro cooking--and "yumola," Ms. W!

Her recipes work every time!

Diane Rossen Worthington is my favorite cookbook author. In American Bistro, I loved the Grilled Lime-Cilantro Chicken with Tomatillo Salsa, Southwestern-style Beef Chili, and Grilled Veal Sausages with Sauteed Apples and Carmelized Fennel and Red Onions. For holiday desserts, her Pumpkin Caramel Flan and Pumpkin Ice Cream Pie with Gingersnap Crust are welcome alternatives to standard pumpkin pie. Her Warm Chocolate Pudding Cakes are out of this world!