A Platter of Figs and other Recipes - David Tanis

David Tanis truly inspires one to get back to the kitchen... One feels like Augustus watering at the figs alone.  The recipes are superb! For six months a year, David is the head chef at Chez Panisse, the Berkeley, California, restaurant where he has worked alongside Alice Waters since the 1980s in creating a revolution in sustainable American cuisine. The rest of the year, Tanis lives in Paris, where he hosts intimate dinners for friends and paying guests, and prepares the food in a small kitchen equipped with nothing more than an old stove, a little counter space, and a handful of well used pots and pans.This is the book for anyone who wants to gather and feed friends around a table and nurture their conversation. It’s not about showing off with complicated techniques and obscure ingredients. Worlds away from the showy Food Network personalities, Tanis believes that the most satisfying meals—for both the cook and the guest—are invariably the simplest.Home cooks can easily re-create a