The Winemaker Cooks: Menus, Parties, and Pairings

242 Pages·2010·45.069 MB·English

by  Christine Hanna

$35.00 u.s.
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Christine Hanna of Hanna Winery & Vineyards
Menus, Parties, and Pairings
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Part practical cookbook, part inspirational
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Christine Hanna is a food writer, cooking teacher,
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with 100 recipes for impressively simple appe-
and president of Hanna Winery & Vineyards. She
tizers, main courses, seasonal salads, and splendid
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lives in Sonoma County, California.
desserts, as well as exclusive tips for entertaining
cook taste celebrate m
in your home from one of the best hostesses in
Sheri Giblin is a San Francisco–based food and
lifestyle photographer. a Sonoma County.
Welcome the first green shoots of spring with
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th the bright flavors of Minted Fresh Peas, Warm
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New Potato Salad with Asparagus and Fresh
r Tarragon, and Strawberry Cardamom Shortcakes
with Orange Blossom Cream. Your guests will
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gather to ooh and aah when you throw something
o utterly surprising on the grill. Try Smoked Duck,
Picholine, and Pecorino Pizza or Ginger and
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Lime–Grilled Halibut with Nectarine Salsa—
k complemented by the perfect wines, of course!
s Holidays have never been more gorgeous
at your table then when you follow Christine’s
recipes and advice for special Thanksgiving,
Christmas, or Hannukah feasts. And your unique
parties—A Summer Dinner Under the Stars or
an Ocean-Harvest Dinner—will be beautiful
memories for all your guests, for years to come.
Christine Hanna
By
Jacket design by Brooke Johnson
Manufactured in China Photographs by Sheri Giblin
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the
winemaker
cooks
menus, parties,
and pairings
the
winemaker
cooks
menus, parties,
and pairings
Christine Hanna
by
Photographs by Sheri Giblin
Text copyright © 2010 by Christine Hanna.
Photographs copyright © 2010 by Sheri Giblin.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in
any form without written permission from the publisher.
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ISBN 978-1-4521-0029-6
Designed by Brooke Johnson
Prop styling by Christine Wolheim
Food styling by Erin Quon
Typesetting by Janis Reed
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To Jake, for bringing the sunshine.
And to Abby and Brian, my favorite people to feed.
acknowledgments
This book would not be possible without the dinner last night?” Thanks to Honore and
encouragement of Chronicle Books editor Chris, Mary and Dave, Sarah and Robert,
Bill LeBlond, who took a chance on this and Kelley and Carlos for being apprecia-
newbie author. Thank you for your creative tive and articulate critics during recipe
input, your patience, and your advocacy. testing. Thanks also for lending yourselves
Thanks to the rest of the crackerjack team as subjects for the photography.
at Chronicle Books. Thanks to the winemaking team at
Thank you to Sheri Giblin for her Hanna Winery, led by winemaker Jeff
extraordinary photography. She immedi- Hinchliffe. Your intelligence, humor, and
ately fell in love with the project, and it curiosity are infectious.
shows. Thanks to Erin Quon for making Thanks to Randy for your writing
the food look beautiful. There’s no one encouragement and insider knowledge.
I would rather cook with shoulder to Thanks to Liddi for knowing all the
shoulder. Thanks to Christine Wolheim skeletons and still being there. Thanks
for her beautiful props. to Anna for reattaching my body to
My father, Elias S. Hanna, MD made the my head!
vintner dream come true. Thanks to my Finally, thanks to Jake for his excel lent
sister Noel for the endless conversations editing skill, creative ideas, and cheerlead-
that begin with, “Guess what I made for ing. You were right!