The Tsunami Restaurant Cookbook

by Benjamin Smith

Overview

In this collection of over 150 recipes, Tsunami Restaurant chef/owner Ben Smith displays his love for 'clean, uncluttered presentations' and 'crisp, identifiable flavors.' Influenced by his culinary experiences from San Francisco to the South Pacific, Chef Smith includes a myriad of largely seafood-based Pacific Rim dishes and new twists on Latin American foods, as well as a nod to his Tennessee roots with some innovative Southern-inspired recipes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781589802827
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	10/31/2005
Series:	Restaurant Cookbooks
Pages:	208
Sales rank:	701,853
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 25.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Chef Ben Smith was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. He attended the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York, and worked for Jeremiah Tower at Stars Restaurant from 1986 to 1989. After further experience in culinary jobs from Australia to Hawaii, he returned to Tennessee and opened Tsunami in 1998, introducing innovative, contemporary, Pacific Rim-inspired cuisine to Memphis and the mid-South. Two months after its opening in July 1998, Tsunami was voted Best New Restaurant by Memphis magazine. Chef Smith has been invited twice to cook at the prestigious James Beard House in Manhattan. In fall 2005, he treated guests to a "Seafood Spectacular", highlighting dishes featured in the Tsunami Restaurant Cookbook.