The Big Sur Bakery Cookbook: A Year in the Life of a Restaurant

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Here from the celebrated California restaurant Big Sur Bakery is a stunningly photographed cookbook showcasing seasonal ingredients, local vintners, fishermen, and farmers—and the food this makes the Big Sur Bakery distinctive.

Tucked behind a gas station off California's legendary Highway 1, the Big Sur Bakery is simple to miss. But don't be fooled by its unassuming setting—stumbling across the Bakery, as countless visitors have done on their way up and down the Pacific Coast, will do you feel as if you've discovered a secret: a gem of a restaurant where the food, people, and atmosphere meld mutually in a ideal embodiment of the spirit of Big Sur.

The three restaurant owners, chef Philip Wojtowicz, baker Michelle Wojtowicz, and host Michael Gilson, escaped the Los Angeles food scene to make their version of the perfect restaurant, nestled in the heart of some of the much stunning country in the world. This is neat, wood-fired American cooking at its excellent, executed in a way this lets the ingredients—seasonal and often locally produced—shine. Weekend brunches aspect thick, nine-grain pancakes and savory breakfast pizza topped together with crisp bacon, fresh herbs, and pasture-raised eggs. At night, Phil proposes classics like Grilled Prime Rib Steak together with Red Wine Sauce along together with twists on traditional favorites like Venison Osso Buco or Rockfish Scampi. And each meal should end together with one of Michelle's excellent desserts, whether it's a homemade Peppermint Ice Cream Sundae or Hazelnut Flan together with Roasted Cherries.

But this is extra than a cookbook; it's a yearlong glance into what it's really like to exist in Big Sur, introducing the people and places this do the restaurant's renowned food possible, counting Wayne Hyland, hunter and forager, Jamie Collins, organic row cropper, and Gary Pisoni, the eccentric vintner who supplies some of the restaurant's much beloved wine. Together with its excellent photography, lively profiles, and dozens of must-do recipes, this book helps get the experience of Big Sur home.

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