At Balthazar: The New York Brasserie at the Center of the World
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| Rating | : | 4.66 (626 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01HMXUSTK |
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| Number of Pages | : | 593 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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The book is better than Balthazar's food - and that is saying a lot!!!! L Shannon What a wonderful book. It's not just a description of Balthazar, it's an education on New York City which imparts the soul of the city to the reader from Nadelson's acute perceptions as a lifelong New Yorker. I was born and raised in NYC but never felt "at home" there. I left early in my adult life, never to return except as a visitor. This book made me feel welcome to my own home town. And as wonderful as the restaurant is, the writing - its rhythm, its humor, its attention to detail is even better. Buy the book. . A "Must Read" for New Yorkers and visitors I really enjoyed the book. The author is a wonderful writer and compelling storyteller. I was impressed by her detailed research into every aspect of this restaurant's history and daily life, interwoven as it is with the history of New York City. If I were a past or present New Yorker, I would have to read this book. And, if I were ever likely to visit New York, I would call months ahead to book a table at Balthazar. It's seemingly impossible to describe life in the front of the house without a little celebrity nam. Bruce Webster said Balthazar Captured. I loved it. I lived in NYC for 7 years until "Balthazar Captured" according to Bruce Webster. I loved it. I lived in NYC for 7 years until 2015. With the exception of summer months, I had lunch there every other Friday. When I come back to the city on a monthly basis, I always make a point of going there. The book captures everything about Balthazar. I especially liked her writing style. It was like you were having a conversation.. 015. With the exception of summer months, I had lunch there every other Friday. When I come back to the city on a monthly basis, I always make a point of going there. The book captures everything about Balthazar. I especially liked her writing style. It was like you were having a conversation.
Journalist Nadelson, who has covered restaurants and food for decades on both sides of the Atlantic, recounts the history of the French brasserie and how Keith McNally reinvented the concept for New York City.At Balthazar is an irresistible, mouthwatering narrative, driven by the drama of a restaurant that serves half a million meals a year, employs over two hundred people, and has operated on a twenty-four hour cycle for twenty years. With evocative color photographs by Peter Nelson, sixteen new recipes from Balthazar Executive Chef Shane McBride and head bakers Paula Oland and Mark Tasker, At Balthazar voluptuously celebrates an amazing institution.. Upstairs and down, good times and bad, Nadelson explores the intricacies of the restaurant’s every aspect, interviewing the chef, waiters, bartenders, dishwashers—the human element of the beautifully oiled machine. Explore New York restaurant Balthazar and everything that makes it iconic in this brilliantly revealing book that celebrates the brasserie’s twentieth anniversary. Keith McNally, star restauranteur, gave author Reggie Nadelson unprecedented access to his legendary Soho brasserie, its staff, the archives, and the kitchens
Nobody could have written it better than Reggie Nadelson who captures the tastes and smells, the glamour, nitty gritty, and the theater of the restaurant and of the city itself." (Award winning author, chef, and televison personality Nigella Lawson )“At Balthazar is the ideal reflection of a great restaurant. Balthazar has survived and thrives because it has never dropped the ball. There's never been a restaurant like Balthazar and never a book just like this." (New York Times bestselling author and chef Ruth Reichl )"At Balthazar is a beautiful New York love story. Nadelson's love letter to Balthazar takes you behind the kitchen door and will make any reader feel like a re
When she’s not traveling the world—Montana to Moscow—to sample its culinary pleasures, she lives in downtown Manhattan, as she has all her life. She still eats breakfast at Balthazar most every day. Reggie Nadelson is a novelist, journalist, and documentary filmmaker whose articles have appeared in Travel & Leisure, Vogue, Conde Nast Traveller UK,