CHEF JOHN ASH

John Ash: Cooking One on One:
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This is a very easy to make sauce that is delicious drizzled over grilled meats, fish and vegetables. It's a great sauce or condiment with rice and noodles. I also love it thickly spread on crusty bread and topped with grilled eggplant and red onions, sliced cucumber, shredded cabbage and carrots. Be sure to use "natural" peanut butter that contains no hydrogenated oils. Label should read just peanuts and salt.

Asian Peanut Sauce

Makes about 2 cups

• 1/2 cup natural peanut butter, well stirred
• 6 ounces (1/2 block) soft silken tofu
• 3 tablespoons palm or light brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon chili garlic sauce (Lee Kum Kee makes a good one)
• 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1/3 cup or so stirred coconut milk

Add first 6 ingredients to a blender and blend on moderate speed till smooth. Add coconut milk to desired consistency. Store covered in refrigerator for up to 7 days.

Palm sugar is honey colored and has a mild caramel-like flavor. It comes from the coconut or "sugar" palm tree from which the sap is taken and boiled down to make the sugar. It's available in Asian markets.

Cookbooks Authored by Chef John Ash
Winner of the Julia Child "Cookbook of the Year" from the IACP One of California's foremost chefs, in association with Fetzer Vineyards, celebrates the bounty of the garden and the vine with a collection of more than 300 recipes that pay magnificent tribute to fresh and healthy high-flavor food--plus a a helpful--and fun--approach to testing and evaluating wines. Color photos.	Winner of the 2005 James Beard Foundation Award John Ash: Cooking One-on-One: Private Lessons in Simple, Contemporary Food from a Master Teacher	American Game Cooking: A Contemporary Guide to Preparing Farm-Raised Game Birds and Meats Game farms have made exotic fowl and meats widely available to the non-hunter, and this is an excellent resource for those who want to cook on the wild side. From boar-based borscht to roast lacquered duck with muscat-tamarind sauce, the recipes contained herein are delicious.

"It's the process of cooking that's so much fun — the bonus is that you get something at the end to eat." Chef John Ash

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