Steak with Friends
At Home, with Rick Tramonto
Rick Tramonto ; Mary Goodbody
- **“Rick
- Tramonto's
- seventh
- cookbook
- .
- .
- .
- takes
- you
- inside
- the
- north
- suburban
- Chicago
- home
- of
- the
- executive
- chef/partner
- of
- Tru
- and
- Tramonto's
- Steak
- &
- Seafood.”**(Publishers
- Weekly)With
- Steak
- with
- Friends,
- James
- Beard
- award
- winning
- chef
- and
- noted
- cookbook
- author
- Rick
- Tramonto
- personally
- invites
- readers
- into
- his
- home
- to
- share
- a
- dazzling
- array
- of
- 150
- steak
- and
- seafood
- recipes
- with
- all
- the
- trimmings.
- Placing
- special
- emphasis
- on
- choosing
- and
- preparing
- steaks,
- Rick
- provides
- beef
- and
- temperature
- charts,
- drink
- recipes,
- and
- even
- suggestions
- for
- what
- music
- to
- play
- while
- you
- cook.
- These
- sophisticated
- yet
- simple-to-prepare
- recipes
- show
- home
- cooks
- how
- to
- reproduce
- the
- flavors
- and
- great
- steakhouse
- food
- from
- Rick's
- steak
- and
- seafood
- restaurants
- in
- the
- Chicago
- area.With
- recipes
- geared
- toward
- home
- chefs
- in
- an
- easy-to-read
- format
- and
- accented
- with
- warm
- photography
- of
- Rick
- and
- his
- family,
- Steak
- with
- Friends
- is
- for
- anyone
- who
- loves
- grilling
- or
- cooking
- at
- home
- with
- friends
- and
- family.“Tramonto's
- seventh
- book
- showcases
- steak
- and
- the
- “friends”
- (sauces,
- glazes,
- and
- side
- dishes)
- that
- complement
- it.
- Readers
- can
- feast
- their
- eyes
- on
- full
- page
- close-ups
- of
- finished
- dishes
- like
- grilled
- T-bone
- steaks
- alongside
- a
- bright
- green
- streak
- of
- pesto
- as
- well
- as
- smaller
- photos
- highlighting
- the
- cooking
- process.
- Pictures
- of
- Tramonto
- shopping,
- cooking,
- eating,
- and
- relaxing
- with
- friends
- and
- family
- make
- it
- easy
- to
- imagine
- what
- it
- might
- be
- like
- to
- spend
- an
- afternoon
- with
- the
- famous
- Chicago
- restaurateur.”
- —Library
- Journal“A
- couple
- of
- porterhouse
- steaks
- grilled
- to
- medium-rare
- and
- topped
- with
- a
- Gorgonzola
- crust
- rendered
- us
- speechless
- with
- delight”
- —Chicago Sun-Times
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