Great Chefs Cook at Barbara-Jo's

Book excerpt: Chefs from around the world have cooked memorable meals for the special events hosted by Barbara-Jo’s Books to Cooks. The heart of the shop is the fully appointed demonstration kitchen, which features cookbook-related evening events with guest chefs and visiting authors of new and notable books, who together represent a who’s who of international culinary achievement. Readers will enjoy the descriptions of the warm, friendly and enlightening ambiance as celebrated chefs inform, amuse, entertain and delight while preparing a menu from one of their cookbooks. These demonstration meals are a wonderful way to share the pleasures of the table with fellow enthusiasts. This outstanding and unusual collection of more than one hundred recipes from forty of the world’s best-known chefs offers menus and dishes that are a widely appealing combination of the ethnic and familiar, the comfortable and innovative.