Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 12:00 pm
Insalata's Restaurant
120 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., San Anselmo, CA
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To reserve tickets, call (415) 927-0960, ext 1
Locals have been waiting for Heidi Krahling’s cookbook Insalata’s Mediterranean Table since the day the popular Marin restaurant opened 13 years ago. Krahling has been passionate about Mediterranean food since she was a girl. You’ll find 120 scrumptious recipes that have tantalized customers for years. Also included is the vivid, sensuous artwork from artist Laura Parker, whose work is seen on the walls of Insalatas. There is a foreword from Anne Lamott, photographs by David Matheson, and lots of personal narrative from Heidi Krahling herself. This is a star-studded, beautiful cookbook. $100 per person

Saturday, December 5, 2009, 3:30 pm
Book Passage in Corte Madera
Purchase a signed copy

Added Event!
Thomas Keller talks about Ad Hoc at Home ($50.00). In this cookbook, inspired by the menu of his casual restaurant Ad Hoc in Yountville, Keller showcases more than 200 recipes for family-style meals. In Ad Hoc at Home—a cookbook inspired by the menu of his casual restaurant Ad Hoc in Yountville—he showcases more than 200 recipes for family-style meals. This is Keller at his most playful, serving up such truck-stop classics as Potato Hash with Bacon and Melted Onions and grilled-cheese sandwiches, and heartier fare including beef Stroganoff and roasted spring leg of lamb. In fun, full-color photographs, the great chef gives step-by-step lessons in kitchen basics— here is Keller teaching how to perfectly shape a basic hamburger, truss a chicken, or dress a salad. Best of all, where Keller’s previous best-selling cookbooks were for the ambitious advanced cook, Ad Hoc at Home is filled with quicker and easier recipes that will be embraced by both kitchen novices and more experienced cooks who want the ultimate recipes for American comfort-food classics.