At the kitchen table: the craft of cooking at home

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Recipe List; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Art and Craft of Cooking; Spaghetti; A Winter Picnic; On Cypress Street; Family Meal; The Art of Eating; The Summer Solstice; The Fish Fry; Merroir; Borscht; Growing Farmers; Bon Appétit!; Still Life with Mayonnaise; Banana Pudding; The Food Establishment; Café Masala; It's a Good Thing; Pasture Perfect; Rumaki; School Lunch; A Trout-Fishing American; The Don Quixote Tour; Natural Foods; A Better Bran Muffin; On Breeze Street; In the Vieux Carré; My Old Kentucky Home; Shabbos; Index.;This is a book of more than two dozen essays about eating, food, the meaning of coming together at the table, and the pleasures of home cooking. Greg Atkinson, chef and writer, brings the perspective of one who has harvested shellfish with fishermen in Puget Sound, walked the rows during harvest at Oregon vineyards, as well as sourced ingredients at the local big box retailer. According to Atkinson, the measure that's most valuable is the amount of heart that brings people together for a meal--less important is the pedigree of the extra virgin olive oil that's used. In this book, Atkinson bring. Recipe List Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction: The Art and Craft of Cooking Spaghetti A Winter Picnic On Cypress Street Family Meal The Art of Eating The Summer Solstice The Fish Fry Merroir Borscht Growing Farmers Bon Appétit! Still Life with Mayonnaise Banana Pudding The Food Establishment Café Masala It's a Good Thing Pasture Perfect Rumaki School Lunch A Trout-Fishing American The Don Quixote Tour Natural Foods A Better Bran Muffin On Breeze Street In the Vieux Carré My Old Kentucky Home Shabbos Index.