Ad Hoc At Home, Thomas Keller

In the book every home cook has been waiting for, the revered Thomas Keller turns his imagination to the American comfort foods closest to his heart. Flaky biscuits, chicken potpies, New England clam bakes and cherry pies so delicious and redolent of childhood that they give Proust’s madeleines a run for their money. Keller, whose restaurants The French Laundry in Yountville, California and Per Se in New York have revolutionized American Haute cuisine, is equally adept at turning out simpler fare.