Terra: Cooking from the Heart of Napa Valley (Cooking from the Heart of the Napa Valley)

Probably the best guide I have for creating original, unique dishes of superb quality.

I love it. I encourage you to read the book, not just look for recipes. It is a good read, and the recipes are doable and delicious.[[ASIN:B00C8S9X2I Terra: Cooking from the Heart of Napa Valley

outstanding in describing how to cook rabbit and other unusual foods. Good photos and instructions help this. I love the Napa Valley and its wines; took me back to lovely days there.

This is a lovely book . I have been to Terra so it was especially close to ly heart and the passion of food carried to their relaionship. A perfect marriage of love, food and the community.

Sadly, I wasn't able to relate to the recipes in the book, although the introduction about the beginnings of the restaurant were great...

For anyone who's dined at this gorgeous restaurant in St. Helena and wants to get better acquainted with it's secrets, this book is a must buy! I got this book as a Christmas gift for my husband and we've cooked a couple of the recipes and both turned out really well.

The stories and backgrounds and recipes accompanied with the beautiful photos make this book a real treasure. A great book almost a table top.

This book is a home run. I have quite a number of cookbooks, and find this to be one of my very best.I reach for it repeatedly particularly for the outstanding seafood recipes.The recipe for Hiro's Salmon with Thai Red Curry sauce and basmati rice is worth the price of the book alone. I have made it a number of times to rave reviews. His recipes are easy to make ahead.. and assemble just before guests sit down, which is a huge plus, particularly for seafood recipes. The depth of flavor and texture is wonderful.I also love his very popular Broiled Sake-Marinated Chilean Sea Bass. It's easy to make the broth ahead, the shrimp dumplings (with wonton sheets) and marinate the sea bass... then broil the sea bass just before serving. And the dish has amazing flavor and freshness.Every time I use this book, I am amazed at how easy the recipes are, and how wonderful and consistent the results. There can be a lot of steps and ingredients, but really there is nothing hard about Hiro's straight forward and delicious recipes.I'm happy to have this book in my collection, and anxiously await any new cookbooks Hiro might release.