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“ Chiarello returns not only to the kitchen but to his roots.” —Esquire magazine Michael Chiarello’s Bottega By Michael Chiarello • Photographs by Frankie Frankeny Michael Chiarello’s fans have watched him on Top Chef Masters, the Food Network, and PBS. He’s an Emmy Award winner and award-winning author, with combined cookbook sales of over 400,000 copies. Chiarello returns to the kitchen with a cookbook inspired by the soulful Southern Italian-style menu at his new Napa Valley restaurant, Bottega. It’s rich with more than 120 photographs that convey the Bottega experience and 100 amazing recipes for Southern Italian specialties, which, with signature Chiarello style, are designed for the home cook to have as much easy joy cooking as eating. Bottega is Michael Chiarello at his best. Michael Chiarello is the chef-owner of Bottega restaurant, Frankie Frankeny is an acclaimed San Francisco–based and author of six other best-selling cookbooks. He lives in food and lifestyle photographer. St. Helena, California. Michael Chiarello’s Bottega Also available: Marketing and $40.00 US • £24.95 UK Michael Chiarello’s Publicity Plan: HC • 978-0-8118-7539-4 Casual Cooking 9 x 12 in, 224 pp, Multi-city appearances $40.00 HC 978-0-8118-3383-7 120 color and b/w photographs National print and Rights: W broadcast publicity At Home with Food Michael Chiarello Online marketing and NOVEMBER $40.00 HC publicity campaign 978-0-8118-4048-4 2 [P] 800 759 0190 / [F] 800 286 9471 / CHRONICLEBOOKS.COM Recipes include salads, puddings, soups, and other clever ways to use days-old bread. “ Mr. Robertson’s exceptional bread is notable because it’s a slow-fermented yeast bread in very French style that is a welcome change from the ubiquitous sourdough. This is my favorite bakery in the United States.” —Mark Bittman, New York Times interior spot art Tartine Bread By Chad Robertson • Photographs by Eric Wolfinger For the home or professional bread-maker, this is the book of the season. It comes from a man many consider to be the best bread baker in the United States: Chad Robertson, co-owner of Tartine Bakery in San Francisco, a city that knows its bread. To Chad, bread is the foundation of a meal, the center of daily life, and each loaf tells the story of the baker who shaped it. He developed his unique bread over two decades of apprenticeship with the finest artisan bakers in France and the United States, as well as experimentation in his own ovens. Readers will be astonished at how elemental it is. A hundred photographs from years of testing, teaching, and recipe development provide step-by-step inspiration, while additional recipes provide inspiration for using up every delicious morsel. Chad Robertson trained at the Culinary Institute of America Eric Wolfinger is a photographer, surfer, and bread- and, with his wife Elisabeth Prueitt, won the James Beard making apprentice at Tartine Bakery. Like Chad, he lives Outstanding Pastry Chef Award in 2008. in San Francisco. Tartine Bread Also available: $40.00 US • £24.95 UK Tartine HC • 978-0-8118-7041-2 Over 50,000 copies sold! 8∑ x 10 in, 304 pp, 100 color $35.00 HC photographs, paper over board 978-0-8118-5150-3 Rights: W Food/Baking NOVEMBER [P] 800 759 0190 / [F] 800 286 9471 / CHRONICLEBOOKS.COM 3 “ From Seed to Skillet contains everything the kitchen gardener needs to make the transit from vague dream to bountiful harvest and delicious meal.” —Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma From Seed to Skillet A Guide to Growing, Tending, Harvesting, and Cooking Up Fresh, Healthy Food to Share with People You Love By Jimmy Williams and Susan Heeger • Photographs by Eric Staudenmaier Jimmy Williams learned all about vegetable gardening at the knee of his grandmother, a South Carolina native from a traditional Gullah community whose members were descendents of Caribbean slaves. He pays homage to his family history in this inspiring step-by-step guide to designing and planting a backyard vegetable garden and growing one’s own food. With this essential garden manual, home gardeners can learn how easy it is to plan a garden, design and construct growing beds, tend the crop without using harmful chemicals, harvest gorgeous vegetables, and cook a delicious feast using Jimmy’s favorite family recipes. Urban farmer and landscape designer Jimmy Williams Susan Heeger is a long-time magazine and newspaper oversees his growing grounds, plants edible gardens for feature writer with a specialty in garden, design, home, clients, and dispenses cultivation and cooking tips, plus lifestyle, and food stories. She lives in Los Angeles. vegetable, herb, and fruit seedlings, at three Los Angeles Eric Staudenmaier is a photographer and home gardener farmers’ markets. He grows and sells heirloom tomatoes based in Los Angeles. from seeds that have been passed down from his great- great-grandmother. From Seed to Skillet $29.95 US • £19.95 UK PB • 978-0-8118-7221-8 9 x 11 in, 176 pp, more than 100 color photographs Rights: W Food/Gardening JANUARY 4 [P] 800 759 0190 / [F] 800 286 9471 / CHRONICLEBOOKS.COM Goldrush Jonathan Vino Argentino Apples I Have Eaten An Insider’s Guide to the Wines and Wine Country of Argentina By Jonathan Gerken By Laura Catena • Photographs by Sara Remington • Foreword by Jay Miller Of the thousands of known apple varieties, only about In this book—part wine primer, part cultural exploration, part twenty can be found in grocery stores. Apples I Have Eaten introduction to the Argentine lifestyle—discover where to eat, is a tribute to a bushel of the harder-to-find heirloom apple what to see, and how to travel like a local with Laura Catena, cultivars—including the Goldrush, Burgundy, Prairie Spy, the Argentina-born, United States–educated, globetrotting Hidden Rose, and other nostalgic varieties whose very wine star. The world’s fifth largest producer of wine, Argen- names hearken back to a simpler time. Each apple was tina is home to malbec, the country’s best-known indig- locally sourced, lovingly photographed, and then happily enous grape. More than 400,000 Americans and 600,000 eaten by artist and author Jonathan Gerken. Irresistibly Europeans visit Argentina every year to enjoy the mighty charming and delightfully delectable, this volume is a malbec, taste unparalleled food, trek the wide-open country, pictorial feast for everyone from locavores and foodies to and tango all night long in Buenos Aires. Vino Argentino art aficionados. The ideal gift for cooks, teachers, and provides insider access to beautiful Argentina. anyone who appreciates the little things in life! Laura Catena belongs to the fourth generation of an Argentine-Italian Jonathan Gerken is an author, photographer, artist, and fine press winemaking family and serves as president of Botega Catena Zapata. printer. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. She splits her time between San Francisco and Mendoza. Sara Remington is a San Francisco–based photographer. Vino Argentino Apples I Have Eaten Marketing and $27.50 US • £17.99 UK $14.95 US • £9.99 UK Publicity Plan: HC • 978-0-8118-7330-7 HC • 978-0-8118-7459-5 6∑ x 8∂ in, 240 pp, 150 color 5 x 4 in, 108 pp, National promotion photographs, 3 maps 94 color photographs program Rights: W Rights: W Promotional poster Wine/Travel Photography/Impulse National print and online OCTOBER SEPTEMBER advertising publicity [P] 800 759 0190 / [F] 800 286 9471 / CHRONICLEBOOKS.COM 5 “ Absinthe drinkers spend 10 times as much on spirits as the average spirits consumer.” —The Absinthe Review Network A portrAit of people, plAces And ideAs for A new food movement. AMY FRANCESCHINI DANIEL TUCKER PHOTOGRAPHS BY ANNE HAMERSKY FOREWORD BY MARK BITTMAN Absinthe Cocktails Farm Together Now 50 Ways to Mix with the Green Fairy Communities Across the U.S. Bringing Food and Ideas to Your Plate By Kate Simon • Photographs by Lara Ferroni By Amy Franceschini and Daniel Tucker • Photographs by Anne Hamersky Foreword by Mark Bittman Absinthe Cocktails is devoted entirely to cocktails made with barely-legal absinthe. Since this spirit was legalized in the With interest in home gardening at an all-time high and con- U.S. in 2007, the absinthe category has exploded with 34 cerns about food production and safety making headlines, new brands introduced in 2008 and consumers willing to Farm Together Now explores the current state of grassroots pay $50 for a bottle. This book has something to suit every- farming in the U.S. Part oral history and part treatise on food one’s taste—traditionalists will learn how to properly mix politics, this fascinating project is an introduction to the many absinthe like an old pro with 30 recipes for classic cocktails, individuals who are producing sustainable food, challenging while modern absinthe lovers can experiment with 20 con- public policy, and developing community organizing efforts. temporary drink formulas from trendsetting bars such as With hundreds of photographs and a foreword from New York Los Angeles’s Varnish and the Lonsdale in London. Absinthe Times columnist Mark Bittman, Farm Together Now will edu- Cocktails gives going green an entirely new meaning! cate, inspire, and cultivate a new wave of modern agrarians. Kate Simon is editor-at-large at Imbibe, the magazine of liquid Amy Franceschini is an artist and designer living in San Francisco. culture. She lives in Portland, Oregon. Daniel Tucker edited the biannual journal and discussion series AREA Lara Ferroni’s food photography has appeared on Epicurious.com. Chicago. He lives in Chicago. She lives in Seattle, Washington. Anne Hamersky is a San Francisco-based photographer.