The Rose Pistola cookbook : 140 Italian recipes from San Francisco's favorite North Beach restaurant

312 Pages·1999·35.97 MB·English

by  Hearon

COOKBOOK
140 Italian Recipes from
San Francisco's Favorite
North Beach Restaurant
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HEARON AND
BY R EED
PEGGY KNICKERBOCKER
Whenaward-winningchefReedHearondecidedto
openhisthirdrestaurantinthehistoricNorthBeach
sectionofSanFrancisco,hewantedtopaytributeto
thecuisineoftheItalianimmigrantswhosettledthere.
Hewasimmediatelyintriguedbyahardworking,hard-
drinkingbarkeepnamedRosePistolawhohadbeenfea-
turedinjournalistPeggyKnickerbocker'srecentlypub-
lishedarticleonthegreatcooks,or"OldStoves,"of
NorthBeach.HeaskedRoseifhecouldnamehisnew
restaurantafterher,towhichshereplied,"What'sinit
forme?"Reed'sanswer?Atableanytime.
Now tablesarehardtocomebyatReed'swildly
successfulRosePistolarestaurant.Hailedas"thebest
ItalianrestaurantinSanFrancisco"bytheSanFrancisco
Chronicle,RosePistolatookthecountrybystorm,win-
ningthe 1997JamesBeardAwardforBestNew Restau-
rant,whileBonAppetitnamedit"OneoftheYear'sBest
New Restaurants."
TheRosePistolaCookbookfeatures 140ofthisbeloved
restaurant'sbestdishes,whichcombineOld-World
ItalianspiritandinnovativeCaliforniacuisine.Eachrec-
ipehasbeensimplifiedforthehomecook,emphasizing
readilvavailableingredientsandstraightforwardstep-by-
stepinstructions.Onlythefreshestseasonalfruits,vege-
tables,andseafoodareusediningredient-drivendishes
thatsimplvburstwithflavor:ShavedArtichokeswith
FavaBeansandParmesan. RoastedBeetswithRicotta
SalataandArugula.Wood-OvenBakedGoatCheeseand
Roasted PepperPizza.Skillet-RoastedMussels.
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140 Italian Recipes from San Francisco's
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Hearon,Reed.
TheRosePistolacookbook : 140ItalianrecipesfromSan
Francisco'sfavoriteNorthBeachrestaurant / ReedHearonandPeggy
Knickerbocker ; black-and-whi—tephotographsbyHenrikKamandcolor
photographsbyLaurieSmith. isted.
p. cm.
Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.
ISBN0-7679-0250-5(he)
1. Cookery,American—Californiastyle. 2. Cookery,Italian.
3. Pistola,Rose. I. Knickerbocker,Peggy. II. Title.
TX725.A1H357 1999
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641.59794 dc2i 99-26468
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BookdesignbyPelLoiKoay
Black-and-whitephotographsbyHenrikKamandcolorphotographsbyLaurieSmith.
99 00 01 02 03 io 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Pageii: Horse-drawncarriageslookingsouthfromChestnutStreetonColumbus
Avenueintheearly1900s.CourtesyJ.B.MonacoPhotography.
Pageiii: LunchonthesidewalkatRosePistola.
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In memoryofthepeople whotaught mehow todrink, eat,
—
andrevelwith wildabandon in North Beach thelate
RosePistola, FreddieKuh, SeanMooney, andBruno Iacopi.
P. K.
This book is dedicatedto Rose "Pistola"Evangelista
andtoScott andPeggy, whoshare herlegacywith me.
—
"/am rough, Iam tough, Vmfrom North Beach that's
enough."
We missyouRose
. . .
—R. H.