In 'Prune,' renowned chef Gabrielle Hamilton takes us on an intimate journey through her life and culinary experiences. Through the lens of food, she explores themes of family, loss, and the passage of time, inviting readers to savor the bittersweet moments that shape us. Hamilton's vivid storytelling and lyrical prose immerse us in the smells and tastes of her world, transforming the mundane into the exquisite. As she navigates the complexities of motherhood and creativity, Hamilton reveals the deeper connections we forge through the act of cooking and sharing meals. This poignant reflection invites readers to consider their own relationships with food and the memories it evokes.
By Gabrielle Hamilton
Published: 2015
"Food is not just nourishment; it is an adventure, a journey into the soul of who we are."
"NEW YORK TIMES "BESTSELLER From Gabrielle Hamilton, bestselling author of "Blood, Bones & Butter, " comes her eagerly anticipated cookbook debut filled with signature recipes from her celebrated New York City restaurant Prune. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY "PUBLISHERS WEEKLY" NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE SEASON BY "Time - O: The Oprah Magazine - Bon AppEtit - Eater" A self-trained cook turned James Beard Award-winning chef, Gabrielle Hamilton opened Prune on New York's Lower East Side fifteen years ago to great acclaim and lines down the block, both of which continue today. A deeply personal and gracious restaurant, in both menu and philosophy, Prune uses the elements of home cooking and elevates them in unexpected ways. The result is delicious food that satisfies on many levels. Highly original in concept, execution, look, and feel, the Prune cookbook is an inspired replica of the restaurant's kitchen binders. It is written to Gabrielle's cooks in her distinctive voice, with as much instruction, encouragement, information, and scolding as you would find if you actually came to work at Prune as a line cook. The recipes have been tried, tasted, and tested dozens if not hundreds of times. Intended for the home cook as well as the kitchen professional, the instructions offer a range of signals for cooks--a head's up on when you have gone too far, things to watch out for that could trip you up, suggestions on how to traverse certain uncomfortable parts of the journey to ultimately help get you to the final destination, an amazing dish. Complete with more than with more than 250 recipes and 250 color photographs, home cooks will find Prune's most requested recipes--Grilled Head-on Shrimp with Anchovy Butter, Bread Heels and Pan Drippings Salad, Tongue and Octopus with Salsa Verde and Mimosa'd Egg, Roasted Capon on Garlic Crouton, Prune's famous Bloody Mary (and all 10 variations). Plus, among other items, a chapter entitled "Garbage"--smart ways to repurpose foods that might have hit the garbage or stockpot in other restaurant kitchens but are turned into appetizing bites and notions at Prune. Featured here are the recipes, approach, philosophy, evolution, and nuances that make them distinctively Prune's. Unconventional and honest, in both tone and content, this book is a welcome expression of the cookbook as we know it. Praise for "Prune" " " "Fresh, fascinating . . . entirely pleasurable . . . Since 1999, when the chef Gabrielle Hamilton put Triscuits and canned sardines on the first menu of her East Village bistro, Prune, she has nonchalantly broken countless rules of the food world. The rule that a successful restaurant must breed an empire. The rule that chefs who happen to be women should unconditionally support one another. The rule that great chefs don't make great writers (with her memoir, "Blood, Bones & Butter"). And now, the rule that restaurant food has to be simplified and prettied up for home cooks in order to produce a useful, irresistible cookbook. . . . "Prune"] is the closest thing to the bulging loose-leaf binder, stuck in a corner of almost every restaurant kitchen, ever to be printed and bound between cloth covers. (These happen to be a beautiful deep, dark magenta.)"--"The New York Times" "One of the most brilliantly minimalist cookbooks in recent memory . . . at once conveys the thrill of restaurant cooking and the wisdom of the author, while making for a charged reading experience."--"Publishers Weekly "(starred review)
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Gabrielle Hamilton is an acclaimed American chef and memoirist, best known for her best-selling memoir, 'Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef'. With a distinctive prose style that blends rich narrative with culinary insight, Hamilton offers readers an intimate look into her life and the world of food. As the chef-owner of the award-winning Prune restaurant in New York City, her work reflects an unpretentious yet passionate approach to cooking. In addition to 'Blood, Bones & Butter', she has also contributed to various publications and authored the cookbook 'Prune', showcasing her expertise in flavor and technique.
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Prune
By Gabrielle Hamilton
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