May 18, 2007

The Cookout

86 Recipes

Dining out is one of your favorite pastimes — except for the part where you have to get dressed, find your keys, and flag down the waiter for the wine you ordered twenty minutes ago.

Face it: It’s just the dining part you love.

Skip the hassle and chow chez toi with 86 San Francisco: Recipes from Top Restaurants for the Home Kitchen, by GraceAnn Walden.

The handy box of recipe cards holds chef secrets for preparing your favorite resto dishes. Still on hold for a rezzie at The Slanted Door? Whip up Charles Phan’s Shaking Beef while you wait. Brunch on snow pea shoot dumplings from Yank Sing without taking off your jammies. Bribe a few friends to act as bussers with Gary Danko’s horseradish-crusted salmon or Daniel Patterson’s braised duck with cocoa.

Serving suggestions and wine recommendations help you create a five-star meal every night of the week.

Just don’t forget to tip yourself well.

Available online at 86recipes.com.