This full-color, 8 1/2 x 11 companion cookbook for the international television series Great Chefs--Great Cities, features 291 recipes from great chefs working in cities as diverse as New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, Miami, Minneapolis, Honolulu, Dallas, Portland, Atlanta, Boston, Washington D.C., Phoenix, Houston, and dozens more. All the recipes for the first 40 programs in this series are included--appetizers, soups, salads, entrees, desserts, a complete glossary, mail order sources, and Great Chefs basics.
John DeMers was born in New Orleans and has spent the past 30 years traveling in the Caribbean, feeling a certain kinship between his hometown and the Afro-French-Spanish world he has claimed as his spiritual home. His 37 published books include titles such as Caribbean Cooking, The Food of Jamaica and Caribbean Desserts. Together John and Dominique Macquet are the authors of the nationally successful Dominique's Fresh Flavors. For several years, John DeMers served as editor of Texas Foodlover magazine. Today he lives in Houston and concentrates on his weekly food and wine radio show, Delicious Mischief. A longtime reporter and editor for United Press International, John has written from 136 foreign countries.