Culinary Artistry + Menu Pricing & Strategy, 4th Ed.

Insight into creative culinary processes from award-winning authors

Is cooking an art or a craft? Culinary Artistry & Menu is dedicated to helping its readers achieve a level of artistry in the culinary experience. The book goes beyond its recipes and complementary ingredient lists to share insights and inspiration from leading chefs, along with explorations into creative cooking.

"Most used cookbook: CULINARY ARTISTRY by Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg." Grant Achatz, chef of Alinea, in the November 2006 issue of Chicago magazine 

To this day, if I′m really stuck for a flavor pairing, I will still refer to CULINARY ARTISTRY for its charts of common, and not so common, matches." Michael Laiskonis, 2007 James Beard Outstanding Pastry Chef at Le Bernardin, in Saveur

My favorite cookbooks:  CULINARY ARTISTRYand El Bulli.    Hung Huynh, winner of Top Chef Season 3

Favorite cookbook?  CULINARY ARTISTRY.   It s a really great reference book for chefs." Stephanie Izard, winner of Top Chef Season 4

One of my favorite cookbooks isCULINARY ARTISTRY. Hosea Rosenberg, winner of Top Chef Season 5

One of 10 must–have cookbooks [of all time] Gives you insight into how chefs think. Alison Fryer and Jennifer Grange, in the Toronto Star

One of six cookbooks every beginner should own. Nathan Lyon, Real Simple   

  CULINARY ARTISTRY offered a groundbreaking approach to the idea of flavor pairings The book is said to have revolutionized the way leading chefs cook. (WBEZ, Chicago Public Radio)

For inspiration Incredibly liberating A godsend The one book that regularly makes the commute from office desk to kitchen counter." Renee Schettler, The Washington Post

"CULINARY ARTISTRY seemed to pull together everything that was missing in my ideology of food....It is a myriad of endless flavour combinations....One particular chapter fascinates me: ′Meet Your Medium.′  This chapter encapsulates all that is important to cooking....What I love about this book is the fact that it can give you a framework on which to build your own food style." John Campbell, executive chef, the Michelin two–star restaurant The Vineyard at Stockcross, Berkshire, England

CULINARY ARTISTRY is absolutely brilliant. I now recommend it to aspiring mixologists as a key resource for understanding the ideas and theories behind creating unique flavor combinations and generally how to approach the craft as an artisan. Ryan Magarian, mixologist

If you want to look like a genius in the kitchen, top picks includeCULINARY ARTISTRY." Chad Ward, eGullet.org

"When you′re in a kitchen where you have lots of cooks coming and going, someone′s always dragging their favorite book in and it′s dog–eared from use. It′s well–known in food circles that CULINARY ARTISTRY is one of those books that people drag along with them or that they hand on to other chefs." Lucinda Scala Quinn, MSLO Executive Editorial Food Director and host of "EatDrink" on Martha Stewart Living Radio

When [current French Laundry chef de cuisine Timothy Hollingsworth] first moved up from commis to cook at The French Laundry, John Fraser (today the executive chef of Dovetail in New York City) had recommended that he read CULINARY ARTISTRY. The book features extensive lists of ingredients and other foods they get along with CULINARY ARTISTRY had gotten him through those menu meetings during his formative years at The French Laundry. Andrew Friedman, author of Knives at Dawn: America s Quest for Culinary Glory at the Legendary Bocuse d Or Competition

"CULINARY ARTISTRY: This is the best reference book I′ve used." Scott Giambastiani, executive chef at Google

Most professional chefs skip cookbooks altogether, but one book you′re likely to find well–thumbed on their bookshelves is CULINARY ARTISTRY People always ask me ′What goes good with what?′ said chef David Kamen, an instructor at The Culinary Institute of America. This is the book to have. It′s very helpful. " Gemma Tarlach, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

"Not all spices go well together. An excellent resource for learning about spices and what they complement is CULINARY ARTISTRY." BBQ master Mike Mills and Amy Mills Tunnicliffe in their 2005 book Peace, Love and Barbecue

"For those with an interest in adding ′kitchen′ flavors and creativity to their cocktails, CULINARY ARTISTRY offers an intense introduction that will have you off and running." Christopher Conatser, mixologist and 2008 winner of the Greater Kansas City Bartending Competition

"One of our favorite research tools that we use when developing recipes for our books (the only diabetic cookbooks to win the James Beard and Julia Child Cookbook Awards) is CULINARY ARTISTRY." Frances Towner Giedt and Bonnie Sanders Polin, PhD, DIABETIC–LIFESTYLE.COM

"One of the books that I have often recommended to various mixologists across the country has been CULINARY ARTISTRY. It presents the culinary palate in a unique mannerby illustrating the methodology that many of the world s greatest chefs use to approach thinking about what flavors work best with other flavors I found it refreshing to see it covered so well, especially since mixology specifically IS the art of flavor pairing." Robert Hess, DrinkBoy.com

CULINARY ARTISTRY is full of valuable advice for cooking professionals, and I highly recommend it. Rocco DiSpirito, in his book Flavor