Annotations:
Featuring 20 never-before-published recipes, this original yet traditionally inspired approach to cooking reflects the informal elegance of the acclaimed Trellis Restaurant. Step by step, season by season, executive chef Desaulniers shares his secrets for wonderful dishes such as Smoked Catfish with Country Ham and Strawberry and Papaya Sorbet.

Publisher's Remarks:
The Trellis Restaurant, located in Colonial Williamsburg, is one of the finest and most innovative restaurants in the country today. Now, award-winning chef Marcel Desaulniers shares his original, yet traditionally inspired, recipes in a cookbook that truly captures the informal elegance of the restaurant itself.

With Desaulniers's simple, easy-to-follow directions, anyone can re-create the Trellis hallmarks -- Curried Apple and Onion Soup, Shiitake Mushroom Pa te, Chesapeake Bay Clam Chowder -- that will start off any meal with panache. Go on to enticing entre es such as Smoked Catfish with Country Ham,