Andrew Carmellini - American Flavor

Andrew Carmellini is the chef and co-owner of Locanda Verde and The Dutch restaurants in New York City, and the author of Urban Italian, named a Best Book of the Year by Publishers Weekly. He has won two James Beard awards and was named a Best New Chef by Food & Wine in 2000. He lives in New York City with his wife, the writer Gwen Hyman.

Gwen Hyman is the coauthor of Urban Italian, and the author of Making a Man: Gentlemanly Appetites in the Nineteenth-Century British Novel. She has written about food, restaurants, and chefdom for Gastronomica, the Robb Report, Food & Wine, and other publications. She teaches about literature, culture, and food at the Cooper Union, where she directs the Center for Writing. She lives in New York City with her husband, the chef Andrew Carmellini.

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Wed like to thank...

Dan Halpern, fearless editor

Libby Edelson, intrepid associate editor

Kim Witherspoon, our amazing agent

Quentin Bacon, photog extraordinaire

Emily Iguchi, official sous-chef for American Flavor

Karen DeMasco and Kierin Baldwin, who brought the dessert ideas to life

Anthony Coffee, Julie Farias, Matt Greco, Dean Nole, and Michael Oliver, who generously passed along their family recipes

Andrews business partners, Luke Ostrom and Josh Pickard

Margaret Marshall, Kevin Berg, John Mitchell, and Michael Fuchs, financial angels behind The Dutch

Partners at Locanda Verde: Robert De Niro, Ira Drukier, Richard Born, and Ken Friedman

Fishs Eddy for donating some of the great plates and tabletop stuff you see in this book

All the hardworking staff of Locanda Verde and the Dutch.

... and, of course, all of our intrepid volunteer recipe testers, whose help was so important in taking these recipes from chef-world to the real world:

Kate Atherley and Norman Wilner

Amy, Michael Jr., and Vincent Bandwen

Margaret Bertin

Margo Bertin

Amy Blitz

Paolo Burzese

Victoria Carmellini

Brad Cook

Joanne Cuffaro

Michael Derbecker and Abigail Lee

Ken Dewey and Devorah Miller

Hillary Eklund

Dorene Finer

Lisa Foley

Michal Freedhoff

Andrea Freeman

Katherine Gleason

Emma Marie Graves

Peggy Grodinsky

Claire Gunning

Beth Haviland

Samantha Heller

Joanna Holzman

Michelle Horowitz

Bryna and Gerry Hyman

Karen Hyman

Jim Lewis

Sean McGlade and Terry Fegan

Cindy Megesi

Heather Messal

Darren and Hannah Mieskowski

Amir Moosavi

Mike Moreal

Mark Moreal

Jeff Morris

Alana Richman

Adrienne and Vince Scalera

Martha Schulman

Kelly and Maura Shay

Catherine Siemann and Martin Woess

Sylvia Spader

Carol Swedlow

Laura Swedlow

Becky Varner

Carolyn Varner

Peter Waisberg

Isabella Wojcik

Urban Italian

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Contents

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All photographs by Quentin Bacon except for the following: by Suet Yee Chong.

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FIRST EDITION

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data has been applied for.

EPub Edition DECEMBER 2011 ISBN: 9780062096791

ISBN 978-0-06-196329-2

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Cover design by Allison Saltzman
Cover and author photographs by Quentin Bacon

To our families

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A

Adri, Ferran, 22

Ancho Caramel, Mexican Baked Apples with, 27273

Anthonys Slaw, 17071,

Appetizers

Borscht Like Mom Used to Make, 36, 37

Chicken Pozole, 48, 4950

Chilled Young Carrot Soup with Ginger, 38

Coconut-Curry Butternut Squash Soup with Lemongrass and Cilantro Yogurt, 42, 4344

Crab on Toast, 99, 100101

Cream of Mushroom Soup, 45

Garden Salad with Grandmas Dressing, 66

Lentil Soup with Bacon, Apple, and Mustard, 5859

Moms Florida Avocado and Orange Salad, 68

Spam Musubi, 21617

Spicy Summer Melon Salad, 70, 71

Tomato-Chile-Mango Gazpacho, 40

Tomato Salad with Buttermilk Dressing, 74, 75

Tuna Poke, 81

Apple(s)

Applesauce with Rose Water, 298

Bacon, and Mustard, Lentil Soup with, 5859

Endive, and Farmhouse Cheddar Salad with Country Ham and Wheat Beer Dressing, 76,

Mexican Baked, with Ancho Caramel, 27273

Applesauce with Rose Water, 298

Apricots, Dried, and Sunflower Seeds, Swiss Chard with, 173

Arroz Verde, Straight-Up, 21819

Arroz Verde Patricio-Style, 219

Asian Ribs, White-Boy, 15658,

Asparagus and Ramps, Baked Eggs with, 24849

Avocado(s)

Florida, and Orange Salad, Moms, 68

Gazpacho Salad, 78, 79

B

Bacon

Apple, and Mustard, Lentil Soup with, 5859