The City Tavern Baking and Dessert Cookbook

by Beth D'Addono and Walter Staib

Book Overview

In this handsome sequel to the original City Tavern Cookbook , chef Walter Staib, proprietor of America's earliest gourmet restaurant, focuses on the baked goods and sweets that must have pleased the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0762415541
• ISBN13: 9780762415540
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Running Press Book Publishers
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 2.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.3" x 10.3"

Customer Reviews

As Delightful as the City of Philadelphia

First, I rarely cook. I can't tell you how the actual recipes work. However, I love to eat different types of food that aren't the same old meal. I bought City Tavern Cookbook for my husband and now I get to enjoy delightful Warm Potato Salad, Salmon Corn Cakes, and Poached Pears with Chocolate Sauce. City Tavern Cookbook is the only cook book I've ever read. The history will inspire you to visit Philadelphia.

A True "Blast from the Past" Cookbook

This historic restaurant has enchanted many diners. Such was some friends who bought this cookbook as gift for me after such.The recipes inside are American, enhanced by European and other world spices and ingredients which have since become central foodstuffs of our heritage.Unique are many, such as: Chestnut Fritters; Pecan Crusted, Honey-Glazed Roasted Duckling; Pork Medallions with Oatmeal Stout; Tavern Lobster Pie; Orange Ricotta Coffe Cake; Thomas Jefferson's Sweet Potato Biscuits.Fun of going back to good ole American standards from such a historic place in our nation's past. Neat feature is this history told in very front section of the cookbook.

Good "Olde" American Cuisine

I am a local resident of Philadelphia and had friends visiting from out of town. It's ashame that I have never been to City Tavern before, because it is a grand place. You forget all the history you have in your own city until you have people visit you and you take them on a tour. I thought City Tavern would be a perfect ending! The food was so good I had to buy the cookbook. The recipes are very well written, easy to understand and you purchase all the ingredients at your local grocery store! I reccommend this cookbook highly and it would make a great gift to anyone that enjoys something different!!

Ye old excellent cookbook

Tis the season for a cookbook of this calibur. I have purchased a copy for myself, enjoyed it so much that I am giving copies to my entire family. The recipes are clear and concise. The instructions and recommendations are focused on a remarkable final product. The only thing to do now is visit Philadelphia and go to the City Tavern restaurant and see if thier versions are as good as mine. The historical theme is a welcomed element. Now I feel like I'm tasting history in my own home.

Terrific American cookbook with interesting text and recipes

With its focus on the cuisine of a grand restaurant in Revolutionary-era Philadelphia (George Washington dined there!),this is a great book in which to find inspiration for Thankgsiving dinner. You MUST try the pepper-pot soup! It is spicy and sexy, and does not contain tripe as many old recipes for this dish do. I learned from the City Tavern Cookbook about the influence of Caribbean spices and flavors in 18th-century America--that's what makes this soup so good. I am a cookbook aficionado and keep current on all the top chefs, restaurants, and food trends.This is one I'll really use. The text has lots of interesting tidbits about the history of food in early America to make it worth reading, but it's also very lively. Most important, the recipes are wonderful, and they call for ingredients you can buy at the supermarket.