Good Food, Good Life by Curtis Stone

Good Food, Good Life by Curtis Stone

The host of FOX's My Kitchen Rules shares 130 recipes that bring back the pleasure of cooking and the wonder of connection into your home.

For internationally known chef Curtis Stone, cooking is a pleasurable journey, not just a destination. In this wonderful book featuring his favorite dishes, Curtis inspires us to turn meal preparation into a joy rather a chore through delicious recipes, mouthwatering photographs, and handy make-ahead tips. He also shares plenty of heartwarming, personal stories from time spent in his kitchen and around the table with family and friends, reminding us that good food and a good life are intrinsically intertwined. His go-to recipes include:

- Light meals: Roasted Beet and Quinoa Salad with Goat Cheese, Fennel, and Pecans; Weeknight Navy Bean and Ham Soup; Pork Burger with Spicy Ginger Pickles
- Scene-stealing dinners: Porcini-Braised Beef with Horseradish Mascarpone, Herb-Crusted Rack of Lamb with Fennel, Potato and Zucchini Enchiladas with Habanero Salsa
- Family-style sides: Pan-Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Chorizo, Butternut Squash with Sage and Brown Butter, Cheddar-and-Corn Cream Biscuits
- Sweet treats: Cherry-Amaretto Lattice Pie, Rum Pound Cake with Lime Glaze, Chilled Yellow Watermelon Soup with Summer Berries
- Favorite breakfasts: Cr pes with Homemade Ricotta and Maple-Kumquat Syrup, Smoked Salmon Omelet with Goat Cheese and Beet Relish, Maple Bran Madeleines
- Satisfying snacks: Popcorn with Bacon and Parmesan, Bruschetta with Spring Pea Pesto and Burrata, Chocolate-Hazelnut Milkshake, and many more

Praise for Curtis Stone

Curtis Stone loves to cook. Unlike so many chefs, cooking's not a job to him. It's a joy. And you feel that every time he slips behind a stove.--Ruth Reichl

Curtis Stone is an award-winning chef, TV host, and New York Times bestselling book who has worked all over the world. Curtis was born in Melbourne, Australia, and discovered his love of food while watching his grandmother, Maude, prepare her famous fudge. After finishing culinary school, he worked at the Savoy Hotel in Melbourne before moving to London to train under Marco Pierre White, the famed three-star Michelin chef. Curtis made multiple appearances in the United Kingdom while living in London. Before capturing the attention of television producers in Australia and the United States, she did food shows.

Curtis has hosted and guest-starred on a number of primetime television shows, most recently as a coach on Food Network's blockbuster show All-Star Academy. Curtis' first solo restaurant, Maude (named after his grandmother), debuted in Beverly Hills in February 2014, bringing him full circle. The James Beard Foundation (Best New Restaurant semifinalist), Time/Travel & Leisure (one of the world's greatest new restaurants), Eater LA (2014's Restaurant of the Year), LA Weekly (2014's Best New Restaurant), Los Angeles Magazine (four out of four stars), Angeleno, and others have all praised Maude.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780345542557
ISBN 10	034554255X
Title	Good Food, Good Life
Author	Curtis Stone
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2015-03-10
Number of pages	304
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.