Six California Kitchens: A Collection of Recipes, Stories, and Cooking Lessons from a Pioneer of California Cuisine (Sally Schmitt, Bruce Smith) Calabria lemon shrub

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and satisfying salads

A patriotic program and menu from San Francisco's Palace Hotel during the height of World War I

A blend of history and travelogue

and the incredible produce

Six California Kitchens: A Collection of Recipes, Stories, and Cooking Lessons from a Pioneer of California Cuisine (Sally Schmitt, Bruce Smith) Calabria lemon shrubSally Schmitt opened The French Laundry in Yountville in 1978 and designed her menus around local, seasonal ingredientsa novel concept at the time. In this soon to be classic cookbook, Sally Schmitt takes us through the six kitchens where she learned to cook, honed her skills, and spent her working life. Six California Kitchens weaves her remarkable story with 115 recipes that distill the ethos of Northern California cooking into simple, delicious