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Summary: "The best cookbook ever, from the greatest restaurant ever!"
Review: "This cookbook is abousolutley fabulous, not only for it's culinary content, but the prestige that comes with it. The pictures, recipies, and other writings are all wonderful and totally consuming. If you only own one cookbook in your life, this is it!"
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Summary: The Passion is Contagious
Review: A sumptuous look into the secrets of the famed inn, "The Inn At Little Washington Cookbook: A Consuming Passion" is more than just another cookbook. Chef Patrick O'Connell relates how he taught himself to cook, the twenty year evolution of the inn, and his philosophy of entertaining. O'Connell's writing is a lot like his cooking...bold, visually gorgeous, inventive, and slightly tounge-in-cheek. Stunning photography and clear, well tested recipes make this title a must for food lovers everywhere!
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Summary: The Passion is Contagious
Review: A sumptuous look into the secrets of the famed inn, "The Inn At Little Washington Cookbook: A Consuming Passion" is more than just another cookbook. Chef Patrick O'Connell relates how he taught himself to cook, the twenty year evolution of the inn, and his philosophy of entertaining. O'Connell's writing is a lot like his cooking...bold, visually gorgeous, inventive, and slightly tounge-in-cheek. Stunning photography and clear, well tested recipes make this title a must for food lovers everywhere!
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Summary: Captures the pleasure of the inn and is a practical cookbook
Review: Having eaten at the Inn twice, it's a real joy to have a cookbook that lets you experience at least part of the joy (the setting there is amazing) at home. O'Connell provides recipes for exotic dishes in a way that makes them accessible for any modestly adept cook. Nor is he pretentious at all - If you don't happen to have foie gras in the fridge for the tuna and foie gras dish, that fine he says. Leave it out. The dishes are beautiful without being self-indulgently elaborate. The accompanying photos and narrative make it fun to read, but the real value is his practical explanations of how to make extraordinary dishes. Enjoy!
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Summary: Excellent Cookbook
Review: I have this book and am buying these for gifts. The food is easy to make - try the Red Bell Pepper Soup (delicious!).
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Summary: A B E A U T I F U L B O O K
Review: I just wish I were lucky enough to visit this place and see it.... not to mention EAT there ! I treasure this cookbook. The photography is lucious; the book belongs on the coffee table, not in the kitchen. I have only made one recipe from the book, but they all sound exquisite! I will be making more recipes and buying more books for gifts
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Summary: Culinary Delight!
Review: If you have ever eaten at the Inn at Little Washington then you know how fabulous the food is. Everything that enters your mouth is a masterpiece! This book contains some of Patrick O'connell's best recipes. Unlike some gourmet cookbooks, these recipes are easy to follow and "realistic." The photography is beautiful and accurately depicts the Virginia countryside. This is an excellent gift book, for yourself or your favorite cook!
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Summary: A B E A U T I F U L B O O K
Review: It only takes one visit to The Inn at Little Washington to realize that a little bit of heaven lives in the Shenadoah Valley. Virtually few other restaurants offer the experience or the chance to experience what it's like to cook with one of the world's truly great chefs without going to the ends of the world to find the five hundred ingredients most require. Patrick O'Connell has written a book that is charming to read with easy to follow directions. For once, you need not be afraid to purchase a book written by a professional chef. You may not be dining at the Inn, but at least your taste buds are going to bring back some exceptional memories or the desire to get on the next plane headed for Washington D.C. to gain your own personal experience. Needless to say, some of my most pleasant evenings have been spent there or at home recreating memories of them with this book.
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Summary: Delightful, a great find from a real chef.
Review: It only takes one visit to The Inn at Little Washington to realize that a little bit of heaven lives in the Shenadoah Valley. Virtually few other restaurants offer the experience or the chance to experience what it's like to cook with one of the world's truly great chefs without going to the ends of the world to find the five hundred ingredients most require. Patrick O'Connell has written a book that is charming to read with easy to follow directions. For once, you need not be afraid to purchase a book written by a professional chef. You may not be dining at the Inn, but at least your taste buds are going to bring back some exceptional memories or the desire to get on the next plane headed for Washington D.C. to gain your own personal experience. Needless to say, some of my most pleasant evenings have been spent there or at home recreating memories of them with this book.
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Summary: I'm waiting for a sequel
Review: This is the restaurant by which all other restaurants are measured. It is perfection in every way. Therefore, it is not surprising that I would want the cookbook. What may be surprising to some, then, is how good the book is. There are many notable restaurants and famous chefs are not rare. Chefs, however, who write well and present good cookboooks is less commonplace. The writing is excellent and the recipes turn out as anticipated. I pick up the book (together with Levin's book) sometimes just to recall the most splendid restaurant experience of my life and to look forward to dining there again soon. This should be a good book even for those who have not had my experience; it should be for any lover of good food and good dining.
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