CHAPTER CONTENTS

1. FRUIT

Greenmarkets: For Good and Terrible

Slow-Roasted Fruit

Fast-Roasted Fruit

Verjus Melon Candy

Red Wine Plums

Tangerines

Sugared Green Strawberries with Toasted Fennel Cake, Candied Fennel, and Mint Gelato

Grilled Lemon Pound Cake with Lemon Glaze

Huckleberry Marmellata

Strawberry Quick Jam

Strawberry Sauce

Glossy Fruit Sauce

Smoked Applesauce

Band Tour Food Diary: Born Against

Lemon Granita

Philadelphia Bellini

Nelson Juice

The Historic Role of Sugar in Empire Building by Ian Svenonius

Profile in Courage: David Kinch

Les Deux Cafes: Build Your Résumé Like a Pro

Sorbets

Sorbet Syrup

Fruit Sorbet

Celery Sorbet

Rhubarb Sorbet

Yogurt Sorbet

Sour Apricot Sorbet (The Dried Fruit Method)

The Aggravating Origin of the Beautiful Sour Apricot Sorbet and Cashew Gelato Coppettina

Lidia’s Sweet Pea Cake with Macerated Strawberries, Strawberry Gelato, and Candied Split Peas

2. VEGETABLES

Avocado and Strawberries

Cucumber Creamsicle

The Failure That Forged Brooks by Sam McPheeters

Kabocha Cake with Sage Gelato and Candied Squash

Error Carrot Cake

No Music in the Kitchen

Carrot Sauce

Candied Carrots

Pappa al Pomodoro

Dried Tomatoes

Profile in Courage: Barbara Lynch

Red Pepper Jelly

Where Punks Ate in New York City in the Eighties by Robert Sietsema

Three-Stage Hammered Rhubarb Jam

Lemon-Ginger Curd with Rhubarb and Polenta Chips

Sfera di Caprino with Celery Sorbet

Band Tour Food Diary: Universal Order of Armageddon

Eggplant and Chocolate

Sunchoke Crudo with Yeast Gelato and Candied Walnuts

Fried Roman Artichokes with Ricotta Gelato, Honey, and Matzo Croccante

3. GRAINS & FLOURS

Corn-Corn Huckleberry Cookies

Profile in Courage: Erin McKenna

Quinoa Cookie Sandwiches

Buckwheat Shortbread Cookies

Buckwheat Crespelle

Slow-as-Hell Polenta Pudding

Polenta Crêpes

Polenta Shortcake with Blackberry Compote

Polenta Chips

Sbrisolona

Profile in Courage: Kathleen Hanna

Popcorn with Nutritional Yeast Pudding

Band Tour Food Diary: Young Pioneers

Alex Stupak Scares the Shit Out of Me

Crustoli, Jennie Style

Croutons

Bread Crumbs

Bread Crumb–Fried Fruit

Pasta Frolla

Doughnuts: The Hard Way and the LA Way

Van Halen

Rosa’s Biscuits, or “The Best Thing I have Ever Eaten in America”

4. CHOCOLATE

Fake Healthy Chocolate Chip Cookies with Lots of Salt

Tofu Chocolate Crème Brûlée

Molten Chocolate Cake

Profile in Courage: Claudia Fleming

Cioccolata, Schokolade, Cokolada, Chocolat, Chocolate by Brad Kintzer

Chocolate Tree

Caramelized Chocolate Gelato

Chocolate Coating

Taste Buds by Sloane Crosley

Free-Form Caramelized Chocolate Truffles

Tartufo al Caffé

Band Tour Food Diary: Skull Kontrol

Chocolate-Covered Honeycomb

Torta Caprese

5. SEEDS & NUTS

Sesame Anise Sticks

Candied Nuts with a Lot of Salt

Champagne Vinegar and Almond Caramels

Best Quits

Brutti ma Buoni

The Sweet Blood of the Lamb by Katie Parla

Brutally Italian Almond Cake

Profile in Courage: Christina Tosi

Saffron Wedding Cookies

Band Tour Food Diary: Wrangler Brutes

Spezzata di Castagne with Red Wine Plums and Yogurt Sorbet

I Steal and Smash Everything

Fregolatta

Two Peanut Butter and Jelly Snacks That Contain Neither

Figs and Parmigiano with Hazelnuts

Apple with Dulce and Sesame Seeds

6. DAIRY

Pastry Cream

Corn Cream and Pit Cream

Zabaglione, Both Ways

Mario Style

Lidia Style

Gelatos

Basic Gelato

Mint Gelato/Parsley Gelato/Basil Gelato

The Dry-Ice Technique

Sage Gelato

Yeast Gelato

Strawberry Gelato

Ricotta Gelato

Ricotta Stracciatella

Oatmeal-Infused Gelato

Cashew Gelato

Olive Oil Gelato

Bastoncino

On Regional Italian Olive Oils by Nicholas Coleman

Peanut Butter Mascarpone with Bejeweled Bananas

Breaking Up with Panna Cotta

Brown Butter Panna Cotta

Regular Panna Cotta

Hand-Pulled Stracciatella with Strawberry Quick Jam and Croutons

Cream Cheese Crust

The West Side of Lower Manhattan Before Del Posto by Cali Thornhill-DeWitt

Coca-Cola Sauce

Profile in Courage: Gabrielle Hamilton

Cannolo Stile Libero: The Free-Form Cannoli

Band Tour Food Diary: Oldest/C.R.A.S.H.

Tiramisù

Boil the Can, You Made a Bomb

I Sleep Through Cooking Classes

Nancy Is a Genius

Butterscotch Mascarpone Semifreddo with Milk Jam and Sbrisolona

Yogurt Dates

S’mores: Warm La Tur with Charred Bread and Chocolate–Olive Oil Sauce