{"product_id":"california-cooking-and-southern-style-100-great-recipes-inspired-menus-and-gorgeous-table-settings-9781510785731","title":"California Cooking and Southern Style: 100 Great Recipes, Inspired Menus, and Gorgeous Table Settings","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"This ode to combining Southern and Californian menus and hospitality calls to mind a Martha Stewart entertaining tome . . . a very personal ethos on the art of entertaining.\"\u003cbr\u003e --\u003c\/i\u003eBooklist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEntertaining Secrets from an Accomplished Hostess and Down-to-Earth Southern Belle!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Set on a ranch in the stunningly beautiful Southern California wine country, well-known writer and television personality Frances Schultz's hospitality is no secret in Santa Barbara County and beyond. The cooking of chef and recipe creator Stephanie Valentine is acclaimed by all who've sampled it, including Martha Stewart and Julia Child. Frances invites us into her home, her heart, and a place at her beautiful table, and she shows us how she does it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Whether you're planning a simple picnic for two or a celebration dinner for twenty, \u003ci\u003eCalifornia Cooking and Southern Style\u003c\/i\u003e is the perfect cookbook and table-scape guide to have at your fingertips always. Using fresh, seasonal ingredients and tested by everyday home cooks, the recipes are tried, true, do-able, and delicious. The same goes for the beautiful and deceptively simple table settings. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A unique, at-a-glance listing of eighteen menus is followed by chapters featuring each menu with recipes, table settings, and entertaining tales and tips. With a hundred-plus recipes and photographs, \u003ci\u003eCalifornia Cooking and Southern Style\u003c\/i\u003e will make your mouth water, your eyes dance, your guests grateful, and your heart happy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrances Schultz\u003c\/b\u003e is a contributing editor for \u003ci\u003eHouse Beautiful\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and regularly writes for \u003ci\u003eVeranda\u003c\/i\u003e and travel website \u003ci\u003eIndagare\u003c\/i\u003e. She has also written for the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTown \u0026amp; Country\u003c\/i\u003e, and has been a guest on the \u003ci\u003eToday Show\u003c\/i\u003e. She is author and co-author of several books on decoration, design, and entertaining, including \u003ci\u003eAtlanta at Home\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAtlanta at Table, Ryan Gainey's \u003ci\u003eWell Set Table\u003c\/i\u003e, Christopher Lowell's \u003ci\u003eThe Hassle Free Host\u003c\/i\u003e, Michelle Rago's \u003ci\u003eSignature Weddings\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA House in the South\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eand the popular\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bee Cottage Story\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eChef Stephanie Valentine\u003c\/b\u003e is a graduate fellow of the Culinary Institute of America and talented protégée of acclaimed late chef and restaurateur Charlie Trotter, serving as his sous chef and then as chef de cuisine. Following a four-year turn as chef at the groundbreaking raw food restaurant Roxanne's near San Francisco, she joined Rancho la Zaca as private chef in 2004. She contributed recipes for Charlie Trotter's and Roxanne Klein's bestselling \u003ci\u003eRaw \u003c\/i\u003ecookbook, and has written and tested all the recipes in this book.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Skyhorse Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51690720723218,"sku":"9781510785731","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7f90a44a-454d-4ea3-8738-0521dac849a4.jpg?v=1773738590","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/california-cooking-and-southern-style-100-great-recipes-inspired-menus-and-gorgeous-table-settings-9781510785731","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}