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Dying to experience the wine country from your own home while saving up to actually take the trip? This book featuring recipes from one of its well known restaurants will get you started. The Travigne Cookbook, celebrating the restaurant of the same name, features the creative culinary works of Michael Chiarello.
Slick pages, full color photos and sexy recipes with serving suggestions, this title was certainly a fun one to curl up with. It celebrates seasonal ingredients such as asparagus, garlic, corn and bell peppers. Some of the menu items featured? Winter squash ravioli, potato gnocchi, steak-style portabella mushrooms, and crispy onion salad.
If you are looking for some affordable restaurant quality ideas to serve at home, and want to celebrate the feeling of Napa Valley at the same time, I recommend picking up a copy.