The Four Horsemen

The much-anticipated cookbook from Brooklyn''s coolest and most influential Michelin-starred restaurantIn his debut cookbook, Nick Curtola teaches home cooks how to take their cooking from mundane to transcendent by offering not a trick nor a hack but a hard-earned lesson gleaned from decades of trial and error in the kitchen. In his signature Italian-by-way-of-Northern California groove, Curtola shares 100 recipes, all touched with his signature approach to simplicity and seasonality. Recipes include: beef short ribs tenderized in a creamy-sweet shio koji marinade that adds sweetness and umami; a simple salad of sliced mandarin oranges with toasted sesame oil but with chopped cilantro stems added (yes, just the stems.); and carbonara, which, meanwhile, incorporates the Italian fish sauce colatura-once you have a bottle on hand, all it takes is a few drops to add stunning depth to a classic dish.And to make sure readers can drink as well at home as they can in the restaurant, Four Horsemen cofounder Justin Chearno provides an uncommonly unpretentious overview of the knowledge that''s made him one of the country''s most influential figures in wine. The Four Horsemen''s serious emphasis on maximizing pleasure shines through on each page, and with Curtola''s simple kitchen techniques and Chearno''s killer wine advice, Dinner with the Four Hoursemen will transform any home cook''s dining room into a high-class restaurant experience.

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by Nick Curtola with Gabe Ulla and James Murphy; wine notes by Justin Chearno

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The highly anticipated cookbook from the Michelin–starred restaurant, written by acclaimed chef Nick Curtola, James Murphy, James Beard Award–winning wine director Justin Chearno, and co-author Gabe Ulla.
Much like the irresistibly warm restaurant that inspires it, *The Four Horsemen: Food and Wine for Good Times*is about more than just amazing food.

The story begins in 2014, when four friends with practically zero restaurant experience between them naively decided to open a restaurant in New York City. They called the place The Four Horsemen, and they hired a largely unknown chef, Nick Curtola, to lead its tiny kitchen. Even though they did almost everything wrong at the start, The Four Horsemen now has a Michelin star, a waiting list for tables seven nights a week, and a James Beard Award for the best wine program in the United States—not to mention a global reputation as a must-visit destination in New York City. Of Curtola’s food, New York Times restaurant critic Pete Wells wrote, in a glowing review, “The effortlessly casual plates are not, in fact, effortless or casual, a realization that only dawns on you as you’re wondering why this sausage or that pickle is the best thing you’ve tasted in ages.”

In the acclaimed restaurant’s debut cookbook, Curtola explains his approach to simplicity with warmth, clarity, and more than 100 recipes. The book begins with a humorous and moving introduction by co-founder James Murphy, which sets the stage for Curtola’s writing and recipes, casual and informative essays by natural wine pioneer Justin Chearno, and appearances by Murphy and Chearno’s fellow horsemen Christina Topsøe and Randy Moon. Throughout, readers will also find suggestions related to a subject on which the four unwitting friends were experts long before they built the restaurant: how to have a bit of fun.

Includes Photographs and Illustrations