About Sur La Table

Seattle-based Sur La Table has kept its finger on the pulse of America's cooks since opening its doors in 1972 at Seattle's historic Pike Place Market. Since then, chefs and home cooks with a taste for adventure have flocked to the culinary mecca. A destination for iconic chefs like Julia Child, Jacques Pepin, Martha Stewart, and Mario Batali, Sur La Table entices aficionados and curious beginners alike with its amazing selection of cookware and tools. With a successful catalog, Web site, cooking class program, and stores from coast to coast, Sur La Table continues to share its passion for the traditions and tastes of the world with people who love to cook and entertain. For more about Sur La Table, see surlatable.com.

About Marie Simmons

Marie Simmons is an award-winning cookbook author, popular cooking teacher, and food writer. Her recipes and food articles have appeared in hundreds of magazines. For more than 15 years she wrote a monthly column for Bon Appétit magazine and a weekly column for the Los Angeles Times Syndicate. She currently writes a bi-monthly column, "Simmons Sez," for the Contra Costa Times and the Bay Area News Group.

Marie has written 18 cookbooks, including Fig Heaven; Fresh & Fast; The Amazing World of Rice; The Good Egg, winner of a James Beard Award; and Lighter, Quicker, Better, written with Richard Sax and winner of Julia Child and James Beard awards. She also wrote Bar Cookies A to Z, Puddings A to Z, Muffins A to Z, and Pancakes A to Z. One of her first cookbooks, 365 Ways to Cook Pasta, has more than 500,000 copies in print. Marie, a native New Yorker, lives in Richmond, CA.

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THINGS COOKS LOVE: Implements. Ingredients. Recipes.

Authors: Sur La Table, Marie Simmons
ISBN: 978-0-7407-6976-4
Format: 8 ½ x 10 ½, 336 pp, Jacketed hardcover with lay-flat binding, Color photography
Price: $35.00 U.S.A. ($42.00 Canada)