<div><b>From the beloved host and producer of PBS series <i>Joanne Weir's Cooking Confidence</i> and<i>Joanne Weir Gets Fresh</i>.</b></div><div><br></div><div>Chef, cooking instructor, and PBS television host Joanne Weir has inspired legions of home cooks with her signature California-Mediterranean cuisine and warm, engaging style. In<i>Kitchen Gypsy</i>, the James Beard Award-winning author offers a taste of the people, places, and flavors that have inspired her throughout the years.</div><div><br></div><div>With refreshing honesty and humor, Joanne shares the spark that led to her love of cooking, how she learned to taste and develop a palate, the meal that would forever change her life, her years working with Alice Waters at Chez Panisse during the beginning of the farm-to-table movement, and her continued travels teaching cooking classes the world over.</div><div><br></div><div>Throughout, she offers the cherished dishes and lessons that have shaped her culinary journey, from the 140-year-old Lighting Cake recipe handed down from her great-grandmother to the luxurious Beef Roulade with Mushrooms and Garlic perfected during her Master Chef training in France, and the approachable, globally-inspired dishes, like Fried Pork Belly Tacos and Autumn Salad with Figs and Pomegranate, that have made her a favorite of home cooks.</div><div><br></div><div>Lushly illustrated with full-color photographs, <i>Kitchen Gypsy </i>is both an inspirational cooking resource and an armchair read, offering recipes made to be shared and savored against the colorful backdrop of Weir's evocative writing.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Featuring a foreword by Alice Waters.</b></div>