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Ad Hoc at Home

Author: Thomas Keller

Publisher: Artisan

ISBN: 1579653774

You don’t often see the name Thomas Keller mixed with words like “accessible” or “home cook,” but with Ad Hoc at Home, the award-winning chef presents a collection of recipes destined for the center of the table at casual family gatherings. Don’t throw away your whole notion of “quick and easy,” though, as this is still a casual cookbook filtered through the genius mind of the man behind The French Laundry Cookbook, but the sense of whimsy and the pure joy of Keller doing his version of comfort food proves irresistible. The inspiration for his restaurant Ad Hoc was the simple family meals created and served by the staff at his restaurants. As he says in the introduction, “here is food meant to be served from big bowls and platters passed hand to hand at the table.” And with dishes like Buttermilk Fried Chicken and Pineapple Upside-Down Cake, who’s going to argue with that? –Brad Thomas Parsons