Das Cookbook

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 chefs singular California-European cooking that made his beloved restaurants and cafes so famous (LA Weekly). One of Eater Nationals Most Anticipated Cookbooks of 2014 One of Tasting Tables Best Upcoming Cookbooks One of CNN Underscored's Best Cookbooks for Traveling the World From Your KitchenThis modern German-Californian cookbook from longtime Los Angeles chef and restaurateur Hans Rckenwagner 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 Rckenwagner in Brentwood. From fresh, light salads inspired by the Santa Monica Farmers Market, where Rckenwagner shops weekly, to such hearty German classics as sptzle and schnitzel, to the breads and baked goods for which he is renowned, Das Cookbook shares all of Rckenwagners best recipes, all created, tested, and perfected for the home cook.