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The Lula Cafe Cookbook: Collected Recipes and Stories

by Jason Hammel

Seasonal cooking shaped by a Chicago restaurant’s story

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Seasonal cooking shaped by a Chicago restaurant’s story

Jason Hammel’s cookbook brings together 90 recipes from Lula Cafe, a Chicago restaurant, with each recipe linked to the date it was created. Organized into sections from brunch and soups to pasta, meat and fish, and desserts, the collection also includes signature dishes and “building block” recipes. Stories of cooking, friendship, love, and community connect the food to the restaurant’s two decades of activity and its gathering place for local creatives and diners. The book pairs practical recipe groupings with a portrait of how a restaurant’s cooking develops over time.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Home cooks interested in seasonal restaurant recipes and foundational preparations
  • Readers curious about the people and community behind a Chicago restaurant
  • Fans of cookbooks that combine recipes with restaurant stories

Themes

Seasonal cookingRestaurant lifeFood and communityCreative collaboration

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Book overview

'A colorful, conversational, idea-pricking cookbook is always a welcome host gift, and this on - hits all the right notes.' - Vanity Fair

The debut cookbook from Jason Hammel, showcasing the all-day seasonal food and arty vibe of his iconic Chicago restaurant

This book is the story of 20 years of cooking, love, friendship, and community told through food, with each recipe taking a particular moment in time as its inspiration. Chapters include: Brunch, Soups, Snacks, Salads, Vegetables, Pasta, Meat/Fish, and Desserts, along with dozens of 'building block' recipes and 'classic' signature dishes.

With 90 all-day recipes, each marked with the date of their creation, and all-new photography, this first book about Jason Hammel's bustling hotspot, Lula Cafe, gives a vibrant insight into the food and story of this iconic Chicago restaurant, written by its admired chef-author owner.

Beloved by its loyal clientele, Lula is a meeting place for locals, gourmands, artists, writers, filmmakers, and musicians, and the intensely personal recipes and stories in this book are infused with their creative spirit - the perfect book for creative home cooks, and for readers who love stories about the ingredients, techniques, and people behind the food they eat.
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