Bottega

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Sales Handle: This is the new cookbook from Michael Chiarello, from his new Napa restaurant. His star has brightened since his appearence on Top Chef: Masters. KEY SELLING POINTS: ** Southern Italian is hot ** Michael Chiarello has increased his national prominence with appearences on Top Chef: Masters. ** Bottega is new and very well-reviewed.

Michael Chiarello is an award-winning chef, Emmy-winning Food Network host, tastemaker behind the NapaStyle retail company, highly rated vintner, and noted cookbook author. Throughout his career, Michael has combined his Southern Italian roots with Napa Valley living to pioneer culinary and lifestyle trends. Michael's ongoing endeavors inspire friends and family to gather around the table and create meaningful traditions in their own lives. Michael incorporates his personal passion for seasonal, sustainable living, into all that he does. From the growers that he supports as chef and owner of Bottega Napa Valley and his product designs for NapaStyle, to his earth-friendly farming practices for his vineyards and the storylines for his Emmy-winning Food Network show, Michael shares his unique perspective on what comprises good food and healthy living in an old-world lifestyle.

Bottega's pages are filled with vivid recipes not shy in flavor or seasoning. This is bold Italian food graced with refinement and white-tablecloth-restaurant techniques. It's proof why Chiarello is one of California's most popular chefs. -- Houston Chronicle, Best Cookbooks of 2010