Chef's Table

Chicago Chef's Table: Extraordinary Recipes from the Windy City

Observing Chicago's best cafés and diners with plans and photo, Chicago Chef's Table profiles signature "at home" plans from more than 50 unbelievable feasting foundations. A remembrance cookbook for travelers and local people the same, the book is a festival of Chicago's homestead to-table lifestyle.

About the Author
Amelia Levin is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times, Edible Chicago, and other regional publications as well as in various food and restaurant industry trade magazines. A certified professional chef, Amelia also develops and tests recipes for chefs and media outlets, including Oxmoor House's Cooking Light Fresh Food Fast series. Additionally, she helps out at the Green City Market, Chicago's largest farmers' market. Visit her at amelialevin.com.

A fabulous cookbook with many recipes by renowned chefs that are easily replicable by people who cook as a hobby. An added plus is that numerous recipes offer a taste of my home town Chicago!Highly recommended. -Robert

I recently visited Chicago and ate REALLY well there. This book provides a way to relive that great eating and try som ne ideas from the farm-to-table movement. I look forward to some wonderful meals. -Catherine Hendry

This is one of the most comprehensive books on Chicago restaurants to come out in years. It's filled with great history and interesting bio's of some of Chicago's best restaurants. The range of restaurants covered is vast. From mainstays (Gibson's, Spiaggia) to neighborhood gems (Yoshi's, Socca) to cool new scenes (Girl & The Goat, Sepia) there is something for everyone. With each bio of chef and restaurant comes a recipe of one of their signature dishes so you can take a part of the restaurant home with you. The author, Amelia Levin, is not only a great writer, but she obviously has an innate sense of food and dinning. For anyone living in the Chicago area this is a must have. Even for those not in Chicago the recipes stand on their own and make the $17 purchase price well worth every penny. I'd recommend it for yourself or for a gift, and I can't wait for Levin to put out the next one! -Optimun Andrew