Insalata's and Marinitas: The Story of Two Restaurants

In Insalata's and Marinitas: The Story of Two Restaurants, chef Heidi Krahling brings home cooks into her kitchens to share the food and flavors that have made her San Anselmo restaurants, Insalata's and Marinitas, so beloved in Marin County, California. Building on her first cookbook, Insalata's Mediterranean Table, which she dedicated to her Italian family, Krahling shifts the focus in her second book to her restaurant family. She takes readers through the various stations at Insalata's - including the pantry, the hot line, the takeout counter, and the bakeshop - while sharing new favorites from the restaurant's Mediterranean menu. She also divulges the secrets to Insalata's perennially popular Thanksgiving feast. In addition, an entire section is dedicated to the amazing salsas, tacos, and stews served at Marinitas, Krahling's neighboring Latin American restaurant down the street. Whether the recipe is as American as roast turkey with gravy, as Italian as swordfish samoriglio, or as Mexican as pozole, all are shared from the fresh perpective of a native Californian chef.