The Art Lover's Cookbook: A Feast for the Eye

The delicious and varied recipes in this book represent the blending of cuisines and traditions that have found a place on the West Coast. The recipes are gifts from people associated with the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, and many are presented here with images from the Museums' collection. Still lifes, genre scenes, cartoons, photographs, and decorative arts from many eras illuminate the complex relationship we have with food, as sustenance and as a source of pleasure. Here are Alsatian-Style Onion Soup; a gumbo from Leontyne Price with shrimp and crab; Autumn Vegetable Ragout; Pasta with Vodka; Chicken Tikka; and Puffed Pancakes from Robin Williams' mother Laurie.