Das Cookbook · German Cooking . . . California Style

**This cookbook is "filled with fantastic versions of the chef's singular California-European cooking" that made his beloved restaurants and cafes so famous ( *LA Weekly* ).**

One of Eater National's Most Anticipated Cookbooks of 2014

One of Tasting Table's Best Upcoming Cookbooks

In *Das Cookbook* , chef and restauranteur Hans R�ckenwagner draws on more than thirty years of experience cooking and baking in Los Angeles, Germany, and Switzerland. This modern German-Californian cookbook features sections on bread-making (including pretzel bread!), holiday treats, and bar snacks, along with the most popular recipes from his several LA restaurants, including 3 Square Cafe on famed Abbot Kinney Boulevard and Cafe R�ckenwagner in Brentwood.

From fresh, light salads inspired by the Santa Monica Farmers' Market, where R�ckenwagner shops weekly, to such hearty German classics as sp�tzle and schnitzel, to the breads and baked goods for which he is renowned, *Das Cookbook* shares all of R�ckenwagner's best recipes, all created, tested, and perfected for the home cook.