First, Catch: Study of a Spring Meal

"Eagle, a chef and food writer, uses a nine-dish lunch as the occasion to ruminate about cooking, and life" (New York Times Book Review).

First, Catch is a cookbook without recipes, an invitation to journey through the digressive mind of a chef at work, and a hymn to a singular nine-dish festive spring lunch. In Eagle's kitchen, open shelves reveal colorful jars of vegetables pickling over the course of months, and a soffritto of onions, celery, and carrots cook slowly under a watchful ga...