Das Cookbook: German Cooking . . . California Style

by Jenn Garbee, Jenn Garbee (Contributor), Wolfgang Gussmack (Contributor)

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 Röckenwagner 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 Röckenwagner in Brentwood.   From fresh, light salads inspired by the Santa Monica Farmers’ Market, where Röckenwagner shops weekly, to such hearty German classics as spätzle and schnitzel, to the breads and baked goods for which he is renowned, Das Cookbook shares all of Röckenwagner’s best recipes, all created, tested, and perfected for the home cook.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Reference

216 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 25, 2015

Reviews

[X · Rating 4 out of 5]

The pitch of "German-Californian fusion" was pretty well-met.

I appreciated a lot that many recipes are still very traditional to their German origins without much Californian influence at all, because that makes it easier for me to actually make them sometime without access to produce from that region.

[Donna Hutt Stapfer Bell · Rating 5 out of 5]

German by a living German cook

Hardly a book of standard recipes, this is a live book about cooking some standard, expected dishes with a new twist. Refreshing, interesting and welcome. Nice!

[Juli Anna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some intriguing recipes, but this felt a little neither/nor to me: not German enough, not Californian enough.

[Inky Frog · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was looking for authentic german recipes. This tipped too far into "California style" and seemed very loosely inspired by german dishes.