A Return To Cooking

The antidote to a fast paced life where we cook to eat, not to enjoy, this book follows the journey of Eric Ripert, award winning New York chef, who wants to reclaim the love of cooking that created his success.

A four part journey to four different locations, Ripert and his team - an artist, two photographers, author and assistant, shopped together, cooked together, cleaned together and lived together in four different household kitchens on their journey, and created a practical and inspirational book along the way.

First and foremost, this is a recipe book. With 125 recipes, it is also a teaching book. Dozens of short essays instruct on subjects such as the handling of raw fish, how to roast, sautee, poach and season, and the merits of flavouring: tabasco, shallots, lemon, chilli.

'A Return To Cooking' is also a journey - from California to Puerto Rico to Vermont to Long Island, it is a journey of rediscovering the art and love of cooking.