A Colander, Cake Stand, and My Grandfather's Iron Skillet
A Colander, Cake Stand, and My Grandfather's Iron Skillet
Whether it’s a workhorse utensil, a prized flea-market find, or a cherished family heirloom, there’s a special go-to piece of equipment in every chef’s kitchen that reveals their history and identity. In A Colander, Cake Stand, and My Grandfather’s Iron Skillet, award-winning author Erin Byers Murray presents a collection of stories – and delicious, style-defining recipes -- from today’s top chefs about their most-beloved kitchen utensil. Each story, told in the chef’s own words, lovingly describes a piece in their arsenal that offers a glimpse into their culinary past or the cooking philosophy that guides them today. Unlike any other cookbook, A Colander, Cake Stand, and My Grandfather’s Iron Skillet is a compelling portrait of chefs and cooking styles and the ideal companion for anyone who enjoys being in the kitchen, surrounded by the tools that they love.
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Erin Byers-Murray and J. Kenji López-Alt
A Nashville-based food writer, cookbook author, and magazine editor with a not-so-secret obsession with oysters, Erin Byers-Murray loves telling stories about farmers, cooks, kitchens, and local food communities. She is the author of Shucked: Life on a New England Oyster Farm (2011) and the co-author, along with award winning Boston chef Jeremy Sewall, of The New England Kitchen: Fresh Takes on Seasonal Recipes (2014). Currently the co-editor of Nashville Lifestyles magazine, Byers-Murray was also one of the co-founders of Dirty Pages, a culinary storytelling project celebrating shared, passed-down food memories, launched in early 2015. Before moving to Nashville from Boston, she worked a writer and editor at Boston magazine and DailyCandy.com. In her spare time, she writes for various publications including Food & Wine, The Local Palate, Tasting Table, FoodNetwork.com, LuckyPeach.com, AOL Travel, and Wine & Spirits Magazine. She currently lives in Nashville with her husband and two children.
J. Kenji López-Alt is the managing culinary director of SeriousEats.com, author of the James Beard Award-nominated column The Food Lab, and a columnist for Cooking Light. His work has appeared in numerous publications including the Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, Wired Magazine, and Men's Health. He lives in San Francisco with his wife Adriana and two dogs, Jamón and Shabu.
