Annotations: In an elegant version of "Fix-It and Forget-It," chef Tom Valenti presents the dishes he feeds the A-list every night at Ouest--one of New York's hottest restaurants--125 recipes for substantial, satisfying comfort food that can be easily made at home. 16 pages of full-color photos.
Publisher's Remarks: This is the way we love to eat -- slowly braised, cut-with-a-spoon-tender meat resting in aromatic juices just waiting for the perfect piece of bread to come along and sop it up; a steaming bowl of chowder filled with chunks of fish and potatoes in rich broth laced with the smoky-sweet-salty flavor of bacon; a casserole that's spent some serious time in the oven as layer upon layer of creamy, soft cheese, pasta, herbs, and meat meld into a delectable whole. And as luck would have it, this is the way celebrated New York City chef Tom Valenti "loves" to cook. Considered Manhattan's grandmaster of comfort food, Valenti has made this beloved cooking his trademark. In fa
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