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Alfred Portale Simple Pleasures: Home Cooking from the Gotham Bar and Grill's Acclaimed Chef
Alfred Portale
When you imagine the quintessential New York City restaurant, one name comes to mind: Alfred Portale's Gotham Bar and Grill. The same is true when you think of the top American restaurants:Gotham has been one of our most cherished culinary institutions fo
Morrow Cookbooks
November 2005
272 pages ISBN: 0060535024 Hardcover
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Led by executive chef and co-owner Alfred Portale, Gotham
has been honored with four consecutive New York Times three-
star reviews and has resided among the Zagat Survey's top
five New York City restaurants for more than ten years.
Known for Portale's defining modern American cooking,
impeccable service, and soaring space, Gotham was recently
named "Most Outstanding Restaurant" in the nation by the
James Beard Foundation. But what does Portale cook when he's not working? In Alfred
Portale Simple Pleasures, one of our most accomplished
chefs invites you to taste the sublime and surprisingly
easy-to-prepare, restaurant-quality dishes he serves to
friends and family at home. The 125 recipes include home versions of Gotham classics as
well as new recipes straight from Portale's home kitchen.
They're all simple enough for any home cook, and
spectacular enough to impress anyone who tastes them. At the center of Alfred Portale Simple Pleasures are
elemental main courses such as Roast Cod with a New England
Chowder Sauce, Filet Mignon with Madeira Sauce, and Sautéed
Chicken Breasts with Button Mushrooms and Sage. Pick one,
then build a meal by pairing it with recipes from the
chapters of salads, starters, and small plates; soups,
sandwiches, and pizzas; pasta and risotto; side dishes; and
desserts. Along with the recipes, Portale offers pairing suggestions
for building a menu, variations for adapting recipes
according to season and personal taste, and flavor-building
instructions on how to accent a dish with extravagant
extras such as caviar or everyday additions such as
flavored oils. In other words, home cooks will learn how to
add a Gotham-inspired twist to their own favorite recipes. The supermarket-friendly dishes include modern classics
such as Spicy Shrimp Salad with Mango, Avocado, and Lime
Vinaigrette; Pumpkin and Caramelized Onion Soup with
Gruyère and Sage; and Sautéed Spinach with Garlic, Ginger,
and Sesame Oil. Alfred helps you transform everything from
ordinary weekday lunches to Saturday night dinner parties
into anything but ordinary. Of course, no meal is complete without dessert, and Portale
delivers sweet and sophisticated send-offs, including Lime
Meringue Tarts, a simple Summer Plum Pudding, and an
elegant Chocolate-Grand Marnier Cake. Alfred Portale Simple Pleasures -- nothing could be simpler
or more pleasurable.
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