Valentines Day Recipes from One of Sur La Tables Best-Selling Chefs

Christy Rost, the author of "The Family Table" and one of Sur La Tables best-selling chefs, provides Valentines Day recipes for families and singles.

Washington, DC (PRWEB) February 12, 2004 --'The Family Table: Where Great Food, Friends and Family Gather Together is by Christy Rost, a Dallas radio personality and popular Sur La Table cooking teacher. It is a practical volume emphasizing the beauty of simple foods, local ingredients,
reasonably priced wines and the joy of family dining."
Richmond Times-Dispatch, November 5, 2003

The book features favorite family recipes, and practically emphasizes the beauty of simple foods, local ingredients, reasonably priced wine and the joy of dining together as a family."
Connecticut Post, November 2, 2003

Besides flexibility, the key to successfully preserving the family meal is an arsenal of family-friendly recipes that emphasize the beauty of simple foods, fresh, wholesome ingredients, and reasonably priced wine selections. In this first cookbook by best-selling chef for Sur La Table, Christy Rost offers 250 mouth-watering recipes, well-balanced and doable in a reasonable amount of time, and invites readers to gather everyone around the family table on a regular basis."
Houston Lifestyles & Homes, January 2004

The Family Table
Where Great Food, Friends, and Family Gather Together
Christy Rost
Foreword by Master Chef Martin Yan of PBS TVs Yan Can Cook
November 2003    ISBN 1-931868-47-6   $29.95
320 pp., 7 x 9, 2 color 8 page full color insert; 16 photos

Valentines Day gives us a great reason to celebrate the people we love. Christy Rost, author of the cookbook The Family Table, uses the holiday as an important family tradition, as well, Valentines Day festivities provide opportunities to teach our sons lessons of honor and love for others." In "The Family Table," Christy offers recipes to help both families and singles celebrate Valentines Day.
   
One Valentines Day recipe in "The Family Table" is rack of lamb. Rack of lamb is one of my favorite selections to serve my husband, Randy, on Valentines Day," says Christy Rost. Light the hearth while the lamb roasts in the oven, then enjoy a table for two, in front of the fire, in the most romantic restaurant in town -- your home. Its a match made in heaven."

Rack of Lamb Dijon
Ingredients:

3   pounds trimmed rack of lamb
1   teaspoon coarse salt
½   teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
3    tablespoons Maille or other good brand
        Dijon mustard
3   tablespoons chopped fresh rosemary
3   tablespoons chopped fresh sage
2   tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
3   cloves minced garlic
½   cup bread crumbs
   Mint jelly, for garnish

Ask the butcher to trim and french" the racks.

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Season both sides of lamb with salt and pepper and roast it in a preheated oven approximately 15 minutes until rare.

While lamb is roasting, stir together the herbs and garlic. Remove lamb from oven and brush it liberally with mustard until well-coated. Press herb and garlic mixture onto lamb and sprinkle with bread crumbs. Return lamb, herb side up, to roasting pan.

Cook lamb 20 to 25 minutes more, depending on thickness, until lamb is done and herbed crust is brown. Remove meat from oven and set aside 5 minutes to rest.

Carve between ribs. Arrange 3 chops on each dinner plate and serve with mint jelly, if desired.

Recipe serves 8.

In "The Family Table," Christy Rost offers 250 mouth-watering recipes, well-balanced and do-able in a reasonable amount of time, and invites readers to gather everyone around the family table on a regular basis. Recipe selections range from all-American favorites to Caribbean, Chinese, French, Italian, Japanese, and Mexican cuisine. The Family Table is divided into four sections: Everyday Meals, Weekends, Entertaining at Home, and Holidays. Within each section, recipes are grouped by type (salads, entrees, side dishes, etc.) Also included are wine suggestions with many of the entrée recipes. Erics Wine Notes," written by a wine expert, contain three wine suggestions in order of least to most expensive.

Christy Rosts culinary career began in early 1992 when she was asked to serve as the food editor for The Park Cities News in Dallas, Texas, a position she still holds. What followed was an outpouring of support and requests. Since then she has hosted cooking seminars with Macys, held cooking classes for Sur La Table, hosted her own television cooking show, Just Like Home," appeared on several other television cooking shows, including At Home Live," and launched a successful culinary career. Christy is a member of the International Association of Culinary Professionals. She can be heard on the radio every Sunday on KRLDs The Restaurant Show with Jim White." Christy takes classical voice lessons and often sings during her cooking classes. She lives with her husband and two sons in Dallas, Texas.

If you would like to receive a review copy of the book or to schedule an interview with Christy Rost, please contact Jennifer Hughes, publicity manager, at jennifer@booksintl.com or 703-661-1533. If possible, please provide an article clipping should you use this recipe or mention Christy and her book.

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