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Cooking with Spirit for Family and Friends
Random House
March 2005
368 pages
ISBN: 0375509224
Hardcover
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A labor of love from one of the most celebrated chefs in
the business, Don Pintabona’s The Shared Table is a
cookbook designed for casual dining with family and
friends. With its focus on cooking and community, The
Shared Table takes us on a culinary adventure. Recipes correspond to chapters of Pintabona’s life and are
infused with his recollections, from his earliest days in
the kitchen, frying meatballs with his Italian relatives;
to his festive block parties in Brooklyn; to his travels,
whether to the front of the restaurant range or to a remote
locale in search of new ideas and flavors. Pintabona writes about the hospitality he’s received and
about how food plays a vital role in bringing people
together in harmony and friendship, something he pondered
deeply while serving food to workers at the World Trade
Center site in the aftermath of September 11. Here he
shares those reflections of how a community can demonstrate
the best of the human spirit. Along the way, Pintabona invites us into the kitchen to
create a stunning array of dishes, both simple and exotic.
Among them are Thai Shrimp Toasts; Hearty Lentil and Tomato
Soup; Grilled Asparagus with Basil-Orange Vinaigrette; Four-
Cheese Mac and Cheez; Roast Chicken with Potatoes and Mushy
Peas; and Turkey Meat Loaf with Cranberry Glaze. Pintabona
also provides the secrets to a variety of sauces, including
Nana’s Fresh Marinara Sauce, Ginger Plum Sauce, and Yellow
Curry Sauce. His remarkable desserts include Tarte au
Chocolat, Sweet Asian Plums, and Ricotta Cookies. Brimming with striking food and travel photographs and with
family snapshots, this heartfelt cookbook inspires us to
prepare meals for gatherings of those we love–and
exemplifies the unshakable bonds forged when food is shared
at the table.
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