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3 Chefs: The Kitchen Men

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3 Chefs: The Kitchen Men

by Michael Bonacini, Massimo Capra, Jason Parsons

Whitecap Books | February 14, 2011 | Hardcover

They come from three distinct corners of the world. Michael Bonacini grew up as part of an Italian family in Wales, Massimo Capra first tied on an apron in his mother's kitchen in Cremona, and Jason Parsons got his first job in a roadhouse in Southwestern Ontario. All three have since established their reputations as imaginative and masterly cooks. And when they get together, whether in the kitchen, on TV, or at table, there is energy and excitement. Finally, these three top chefs have collaborated to produce a cookbook that accurately reflects the sense of fun and adventure that makes them such a great team.

In Three Chefs: The Kitchen Men, Michael, Massimo, and Jason combine their best recipes to create a cornucopia of tasty meals. Bursting with international inspiration, complemented with stories of growing up and learning to cook? this personal collection of recipes will delight and entertain.

Cook five-star meals at home, such as?

Chardonnay-Poached Hen's Egg Salad

Wild Rice and Gruyère Risotto

Maple-Roasted Atlantic Salmon with Bacon

Corn and Blueberry Potato Cake

Cured Bacon and Chorizo Poutine

Pot Roast of Cornish Hen with Mushrooms,

Mustard, and Tarragon Cream

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    Rating: 5/5

    Makes Cooking FUN again!

    Kukla

    5 weeks ago

    ...and how could it not??

    All throughout you have pictures of smiling faces (and often out-right falling-down-laughter!) of three of Canada's favourite - and extremely talented! - chefs, with tons of insight to their personalities, and reasons why they do what they do!

    SUPERB pics, great stories, fun sprinklings of cartoons, excellent recipes - that make you just want to try that odd ingredient you've been shying away from all those years. Some of the plates are a bit complicated, but most of them are not; and, all of them are easily adapted to other ingredients.

    I have a huge cookbook collection. I usually read my books cover-to-cover, and put sticky note tabs on the ones that I just HAVE to try. Well, I gave up 'sticky-noting' this book 'cause every page was getting one!

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    The Good Stuff

    * There is a wide variety of choices with three very different chefs
    * Tracy Moore's forward makes you feel like you are in for a wild ride and you can tell she really does enjoy the boys and their food
    * Enjoyed the little introduction into each recipe. It's a very nice added touch and makes it actually enjoyable to read each recipe. You even read the recipes that you probably won't make
    * I personally found Michael and Jason's recipes to be more to my liking -- but that is just a personal preference.
    * Favorite section was Chapter 7 (Meat Market). There is a Beef Wellington recipe that reminds me of when I worked at the Banff Springs Hotel
    * The Best Recipe hands down is the Michael's Oliver & Bonacini Cafe Grill Mushroom Soup. I've tried Mushroom Soup (My fav) from Vancouver to Cavendish and this is the most flavorful (Jen's note: I concur and I got to have it at Zuma and it is the best I have ever tasted) We actually made it and Jen said it tasted almost as good as when she had it at Luma
    * Ingredients are very accessible at your local grocer and can be found at most times of the year which makes the book much more useful in my eyes
    * Good book for parties and even for everyday cooking for the person willing to add a little zing to their meal (Jen's note: read as only when Jeff cooks and not when I cook)
    * There is a Sticky Toffee Pudding with Butter Rum Sauce that I have yet to make, but I will very soon (Jen's Note: Yes, yes you should -- hmm isn't Mother's Day this weekend?)
    * Jen also liked all the pretty pictures of food and as a typical anal Librarian - she said the index rocked

    The Not so Good Stuff

    * Didn't like Massimo's recipes as much, but that has more to do with the ingredients being ones that I just don't like

    Favorite Recipes

    Smoked Salmon, Goat Cheese, and Asparagus Quiche (Jen's Fav)
    Oliver & Bonacini Cafe Grill Mushroom Soup (Jeff's Fav)
    Sticky Toffee Pudding with Butter-rum Sauce (Which Jeff better be making me for Mother's Day)
    Prosciutto and Mushroom Beef Wellington

    We bought a lot of mushrooms that weekend
    Looks pretty close

    Doesn't look as pretty - but it tastes damn good
    4.5 Dewey's



    Jen received a copy of this (Signed to me) when she attended the Indigo Tweet Up at Luma hosted by some guy she calls Captain Awesome from Indigo

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They come from three distinct corners of the world. Michael Bonacini grew up as part of an Italian family in Wales, Massimo Capra first tied on an apron in his mother's kitchen in Cremona, and Jason Parsons got his first job in a roadhouse in Southwestern Ontario. All three have since established their reputations as imaginative and masterly cooks. And when they get together, whether in the kitchen, on TV, or at table, there is energy and excitement. Finally, these three top chefs have collaborated to produce a cookbook that accurately reflects the sense of fun and adventure that makes them such a great team.

In Three Chefs: The Kitchen Men, Michael, Massimo, and Jason combine their best recipes to create a cornucopia of tasty meals. Bursting with international inspiration, complemented with stories of growing up and learning to cook? this personal collection of recipes will delight and entertain.

Cook five-star meals at home, such as?

Chardonnay-Poached Hen's Egg Salad

Wild Rice and Gruyère Risotto

Maple-Roasted Atlantic Salmon with Bacon

Corn and Blueberry Potato Cake

Cured Bacon and Chorizo Poutine

Pot Roast of Cornish Hen with Mushrooms,

Mustard, and Tarragon Cream

Hardcover

256 Pages, 8.4 x 8.8 x 1.1 in

February 14, 2011

Whitecap Books

English


1770500340
9781770500341

From the Critics

"...one of the best cookbooks published in Canada this season...The 
recipes are all splendidly creative but not so esoteric as to 
alienate...With enticing photography by Ian Garlick, 3 Chefs is the 
sort of book a home cook will happily return to again and again."
Quill & Quire

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