Olive & Thyme: Everyday Meals Made Extraordinary
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“Melina Davies turned what was to be a simple café into an LA institution. Accessible, thoughtful, and delicious, her cookbook will make you look like a genius at your next dinner party. This is how we should all be eating and cooking.” ―Vinny Dotolo, James Beard Award–winning chef and restaurateur (Jon & Vinny’s, Animal, Son of a Gun, and more), and co-author of Two Dudes, One Pan
Melina Davies treats everyone like family. Stop by her house and she’ll whip you up a fluffy, buttery vegetable quiche with fresh greens in a homemade dressing. Visit her wildly popular L.A. restaurant and marketplace, Olive & Thyme, and she’ll come by your table to see how you’re enjoying your avocado and burrata toast. Ask her for tips on hosting the in-laws for dinner, and she’ll walk you through her juicy roast chicken with thyme and which wine to serve and music to play. A consummate host and lauded chef, Davies brings her love of togetherness to Olive & Thyme, where the vibe is relaxed and warm and the food is fresh and delicious. Davies brings that same passion to her book, Olive & Thyme, which shares her most popular recipes (drawn from French, Californian, Italian, and Middle Eastern influences), along with her breezy, practical entertaining advice. With stunning photos by Ann Elliott Cutting and a foreword by Nancy Silverton, Olive & Thyme is the ingredient every kitchen needs: a fun, inspirational guide to enjoying what matters most in life—family, friends, good food, and music.
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Book details
- Author
- Melina Davies
- Imprint
- Prospect Park Books, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 240
- Formats
- Hardcover
- Subjects
- Cooking › Entertaining
Cooking › Regional & Cultural › American › California Style
Cooking › Methods › Garnishing & Food Presentation - Topics
- California cooking · entertaining at home · dinner party recipes · food presentation · charcuterie and boards · family meals · restaurant recipes · easy everyday cooking
- ISBN-13
- 9781945551710
About the author
MELINA DAVIES is a self-taught cook and restaurateur who left a career in the movie industry in 2011 to open Olive & Thyme, a café in Toluca Lake, California.
Davies holds a degree from the University of Southern California. She is the daughter of Armenian immigrants.
When she’s not in the kitchen, Davies oversees multiple restaurant locations, having grown Olive & Thyme from a single small café to a larger site on the same street and, most recently, a second restaurant.
Melina lives in Studio City, California, with her husband and their two young children.