Word: cookbooks
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...table French Laundry in the town of Yountville (pop. 2,916). The Napa Valley restaurant is regularly rated as one of the best in the nation--and one of the hardest at which to snare a reservation. Keller grosses about $7.5 million annually there, and his 1999 French Laundry cookbook is in its 16th printing and has sold 243,000 copies. He expanded his business carefully in 1998 by opening Bouchon, a bistro-style restaurant that is a three-minute walk down the street from the Laundry. Last year he added a bakery on the same street...
...every plate that comes back unfinished--is taking the celebrity-chef diversification plunge. Micromanaging is no longer an option. On Jan. 26 he opened a second Bouchon, in the Venetian in Las Vegas. Per Se is scheduled to open in New York on Feb. 16. Keller has another cookbook due out in the fall, based on dishes served at the original Bouchon. He is also marketing a line of Limoges porcelain by Raynaud that he helped design and a collection of silver hollow ware--egg cups, wine buckets--by Christofle, both destined for high-end retail stores. For dessert...
Abigail Johnson Dodge, a cookbook author who oversees cooking classes for 8-to 12-year-olds, cautions against giving kids knives that have grown dull. Instead, she suggests table knives for young children, then paring knives and, finally, the sharper tools of the trade. Parents must supervise closely, she says, and "it's important that the knife fit in their hands well." Having and handling the right implements is one of the joys of cooking. "If the tool isn't going to get the job done, it's going to be frustrating," says Dodge. "We want to turn children...
Alexandra Guarnaschelli, executive chef at Butter, a New York City restaurant, grew up with food aficionados for parents. She fondly remembers how her mother, a noted cookbook editor, helped her gain confidence in the kitchen. "She'd say, 'Oh, you're so good at this' and 'You've got a real, natural inclination for this stuff.'" But just as important to Guarnaschelli--as it is for other families who cook together--was the opportunity for parent-child bonding. "We built a strong, emotional connection from cooking together," she says. "My mother and I were able to talk about everything...
...ideas, she called on celebrity friends who also have diabetes, including Halle Berry (who offered a recipe for Berry Cool Chicken Chili). Drawing from what she learned and her own homegrown recipes, LaBelle published a healthy-eating cookbook this year titled Patti LaBelle's Lite Cuisine (Gotham; $26). The book carries seals of approval from both the A.D.A. and the American Dietetic Association. "It's not just for diabetics," LaBelle insists. "It's for anyone who wants to eat healthier food...