Houston Chef's Table
Extraordinary Recipes From The Bayou City's Iconic Restaurants
Published on 6. November 2012
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-0-7627-7830-0 (ISBN)
Description
Houston Chef's Table is the first cookbook to gather Houston's best chefs and restaurants under one cover. Including a signature "at home" recipe from seventy iconic dining establishments, the book is a celebration of the city's diverse cultural influences. Full-color photos throughout highlight fabulous dishes, famous chefs, and Houston landmarks.
Reviews / Votes
"Arthur L. Meyer's Houston Chef Table inspires eating in Houston, a lone-star-state city known nationally as a major food locale. The cookbook offers dining places and recipes, ranging from high-end restaurants to simple venues throughout the area. The reason for such culinary success? Talented chefs turn to local ingredients, yielding delectable food on the plate. Art Meyer's writing and recipes reflect the clarity that readers and home-cooks crave."~Antonia Allegra, Director, Symposium for Professional Food WritersMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Old Saybrook
United States
Publishing group
Rowman & Littlefield
Weight
46 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7627-7830-0 (9780762778300)
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Persons
Arthur L. Meyer is a restaurant and bakery consultant who has cooked professionally since 1963. He has taught cooking internationally, is considered an expert on world cuisines, and has achieved Master status in baking. He opened a specialty bakery in 1983, which became the subject and name of his first cookbook, Texas Tortes. Art has written five additional cookbooks including Baking Across America, Corsican Cuisine. Danish Cooking and Baking Traditions, and co-authored the Appetizer Atlas, which won Best in the World from Gourmand Cookbook Awards in 2003. Art resides in Austin Texas where he had been a Lecturer in Organic Chemistry for 15 years at the University of Texas, and continues to teach chemistry at the community college.