Featuring a delightful array of small plates, this collection includes Cindy Pawlcyn's beloved appetizers, soups, salads, and snacks, showcasing her culinary expertise. Alongside classic recipes from her earlier works, readers will discover 10 new creations inspired by her renowned restaurants, perfect for entertaining or casual dining.
Fans of Cindy Pawlcyn'¬?s Mustards Grill have been making meals out of her sampler-size starters for years. In BIG SMALL PLATES, Cindy brings home the biggest trend in eating out, with generously scaled recipes that promise less fuss and more flavors than traditional appetizers. The wide-ranging collection of universally appealing recipes spans soups, finger foods, salads, scoopables, and even sweets designed to satisfy big appetites as well as grazers. An alternative to conventional, varietyless main-course cooking, Cindy's small plate recipes deliver the inspiration and reliability that make this new way of eating-and entertaining-practical at home. Reviews"Cindy Pawlcyn is all about big fun and big flavors."-San Jose Mercury News"Cindy Pawlcyn's rollicking Big Small Plates has a cornucopia of brightly flavored small dishes." -Boston Globe"As a basic guide to the wonderful fare served at Mustards and Cindy's Backstreet Kitchen, Big Small Plates has more than enough to go around." -Wine News"The kind of cookbook I just can't resist." -Oakland Tribune"[A]n ample selection of some of the more delicious tidbits you'll ever taste." -Sacramento Bee"Pawlcyn's new book focuses on small plates-tapas-in a grand way." -Baltimore Sun"Buy this book because the recipes are flavorful, diverse, and conducive to infinite applications." -ChefTalk.com"The Napa Valley super chef and entrepreneur's praiseworthy-and successful-attempt to bring the small-plates trend into the home kitchen."-San Francisco Chronicle"Anyone looking for first courses or cocktail party food recipes will find no lack of inspiration here."-Booklist"An enormously appealing book full of heart, and food that's refreshingly real and often adventurous."-Portland Oregonian
A San Francisco diner shares its favorite recipes grouped menu style, with cooking tips heading each recipe.
This award-winning cookbook by chef Cindy Pawlcyn features over 150 recipes from Mustards Grill, a beloved Napa Valley restaurant. Known for its inventive American cuisine, the book includes favorites like smoky baby back ribs and fried green tomatoes, showcasing Pawlcyn's unique flair and Midwestern sensibility.
Meals from Around the World to Share with Family and Friends
A collection of 125 chef-worthy global recipes presented in international dinner menus, drawn from renowned chef Cindy Pawlcyn's informal gatherings. It's no secret that legions of fans flock to Cindy Pawlcyn's restaurants for her globally influenced signature dishes. What is not so well known is that Cindy has turned her passions for cooking and travel into a popular supper club, where she creates an adventurous menu celebrating a different international cuisine each week. Cindy's Supper Club has become a destination event, presenting a world tasting tour on a plate. Cindy's Supper Club serves up twenty-five complete menus inspired by Cindy's dinners and featuring more than 125 recipes from the world's greatest food destinations, including Hawaii, Mexico, Brazil, Peru, Austria, Belgium, England, Ireland, Sweden, Norway, France, Greece, Italy, Spain, Hungary, Russia, Georgia, Ethiopia, Morocco, South Africa, Lebanon, Turkey, China, Japan, Korea, India, and Thailand. "I have had the great pleasure of watching my friend Cindy Pawlcyn shape the Napa Valley into a world-class culinary empire. I am constantly amazed at how she creates her dishes and the final extraordinary flavors that hit the plate. Buy this book as fast as you can. You are in for a wonderful surprise." MICHAEL CHIARELLO, chef-owner of Bottega Ristorante and author of Bottega