Mixt Salads: A Chef's Bold Creations [A Cookbook]

I read this book cover to cover in one sitting, could not put it down. Completely inspiring and timely, this is the way I want to eat now. Love the seasonal concept of cooking. The recipes are easy and accessible with ingredients that are readily available seasonally at any farmer's market or Whole Foods. Even my local regular supermarkets are carrying more and more organics and specialty products (finally!). My favorite aspect of the book lies in the description of the different oils and vinegars and how to combine them for different results based on the greens you are using. Well done!

Great book to help you reinvent your salads. Creative spins on traditional salads and ferric ideas for main dish salads. Also great salad dressing g recipes which is why I bought this book.

The recipes in this book are very inspiring.. There are good photographs, but not for all of the recipes, I wish there were more photos. I haven't made one recipe from this book and I've owned it for over 1 year.. It needs special ingredients and seems to be a lot of work for making just a salad.

What I love about this book it provides three things - outstanding recipes, sumptuous pictures and teaches you how to cook remarkable things on the way to preparing these hearty salads. Whether its learning how to make delicious duck confit, how to adeptly prepare a tuna steak or how to smartly and savoringly cook asparagus, this is a true cookbook (and how to eat book) surreptitiously masquerading as a salad book. Strong recommendation is that when you make any of the dressings, go ahead and make extra. A+

I just recently retired and when I worked, loved to to eat a salad every day for lunch at a restaurant, but hate my own salads (same old boring stuff). This book has some of the most wonderful, inventive salads imaginable and I am enjoying trying them out. Some day I hope to get to California again and eat in one of Andrew's restaurants but in the meantime will keep trying out his fantastic recipes. Highly recommend this book to any foodie, salad lover, or anyone wathcing their weight. Great stuff!!

I admit, the first time through I skimmed it and thought 'meh' but on the second read I loved it. Takes salad far beyond the 'bagged greens and bottled dressing' but not in the 'Portlandia style vegan' direction. There's salad that involves steak and potatoes, one that uses mini hamburger, some that involve fruit or tomatoes or a combo of both, and pretty much anything else you can think of. Definitely inspiring!

I eat Mixt every day. I was really happy to find their recipe book used online for cheap since their meat is always perfect. Veggies are always a matter of getting fresh produce, but the pork and steak is always tender and juicy, even in a cold salad. The chicken... eh it's chicken but never dry. Their fish is always perfect too. Hopefully I can recreate the meat aspects of their creations at home.

I enjoyed reading the construction of the salads and all of the basic information. I am looking forward to trying the recipes.