Das Cookbook: German Cooking . . . California Style
A collection of Rockenwagner's inventive German cooking with a California flair, featuring recipes from his popular California restaurants and bakeries.
This cookbook is “filled with fantastic versions of the chef’s singular California-European cooking” that made his beloved restaurants and cafes so famous (LA Weekly).
One of Eater National’s Most Anticipated Cookbooks of 2014
One of Tasting Table’s Best Upcoming Cookbooks
One of CNN Underscored's Best Cookbooks for Traveling the World From Your Kitchen
This modern German-Californian cookbook from longtime Los Angeles chef and restaurateur Hans Röckenwagner features sections on bread-making (yes, pretzel bread!), holiday treats, and bar snacks, along with the most popular recipes from his several Los Angeles restaurants, including 3 Square Cafe on famed Abbot Kinney Boulevard and Cafe Röckenwagner in Brentwood.
From fresh, light salads inspired by the Santa Monica Farmers’ Market, where Röckenwagner shops weekly, to such hearty German classics as spätzle and schnitzel, to the breads and baked goods for which he is renowned, Das Cookbook shares all of Röckenwagner’s best recipes, all created, tested, and perfected for the home cook.
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Book details
- Author
- Hans Rockenwagner
- Imprint
- Prospect Park Books, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Hardcover
- Subjects
- Cooking › Regional & Cultural › German
Cooking › Methods › Baking
Cooking › Regional & Cultural › American › California Style - Topics
- California cuisine · bread baking · pretzels · holiday baking · comfort food · fusion cooking
- ISBN-13
- 9781938849336
About the author
HANS ROCKENWAGNER is a classically trained chef, restaurateur, and baker with more than three decades of experience in Los Angeles, and the author of Das Cookbook.
Rockenwagner is the recipient of the James Beard Rising Chef Award and has been recognized on Gourmet magazine’s Top 10 Restaurants list.
When not writing, Rockenwagner operates a portfolio of cafes and bakeries across Los Angeles, including 3 Square Café and Café Rockenwagner in Brentwood, and is an accomplished woodworker who has designed and built furniture for his restaurants.
Hans lives in Los Angeles, California.