Jules Bass' KickAssCooking:
How To Cook Better Than Most Restaurants is a step-by-step guide to cooking and entertaining that is easy to follow, with interesting anecdotes about Jules' restaurant experiences. He decided to prepare all of the food for the photographs in this book himself, with no assistance. "I'm intimidated by a lot of the great food photos I see and I wanted my photos to be a simpler and more honest representation of what one person can actually do." The photographer, Jeannine Kadow, also worked alone - shooting all of the dishes in the warm natural light of Jules' French kitchen garden without the benefit of lights, stylists or assistants. "She used dishes, cloths and other items that we had in the house, trying to keep everything as basic as possible. Occasionally I was called to hold a reflector or do a last minute fix."

He feels that the greatest compliment a cook can get is when friends say: "How about cooking instead of going out to a restaurant."

You will note that there are no recipes in the cookbook for red meat, lamb, veal or pork products. Although KickAssCooking is definitely not a vegetarian book nor a collection for dieters, great care has been taken to provide suggestions for healthful ingredients and their methods of preparation. Guests who have visited with Jules are always surprised to learn, at the conclusion of their stay, that they have not been served meat products. On the other hand fish and chicken are included in many interesting new guises.

Recipes are a moveable feast so if you have comments for improvement, have discovered mistakes, or have questions, please post your remarks on our message center board and will we respond. You can also view postings from others.

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