Our Favorite Recipes from The Zuni Cafe Cookbook

Cambria Bold
Cambria Bold
Cambria Bold is the Executive Editor of Cubby, and one of Apartment Therapy Media’s first full-time editors from way back when. She was the founding Design and Lifestyle Editor for Kitchn and the Managing Editor for Apartment Therapy’s green living site, Re-Nest (RIP). After a few years offline and then working elsewhere, she’s back to share ideas about design, kids, and family life. It’s helpful that she now has two little kids and lots of thoughts about all those things. She lives with said kids and their father in St. Paul, MN.
published Oct 20, 2015
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This week we’re sharing our favorite recipes from five classic cookbooks. We started with The Moosewood Cookbook, and today we look at favorites from another kitchen stalwart: The Zuni Cafe Cookbook.

You may remember the best hidden tip from this cookbook, but what about the recipes? Here are the ones we just can’t get over, and never will.

Our Favorite Recipes from The Zuni Cafe Cookbook

1. Roast Chicken

The Zuni Cafe roast chicken is the ultimate. I did a version of it for The Kitchn. – Michelle

Check out Michelle’s take on Zuni chicken → Zuni-Style Tandoori Roast Chicken With Masala Bread Salad

While I enjoyed having Rodgers’ roast chicken with bread salad recipe on hand (this was before the Internet made it readily available), I really didn’t get a chance to explore its depths until I started having dinner parties. And then it became worth its weight in gold (well, perhaps “its weight in duck fat” would be a better comparison). – Dana, as written here.

While [the Zuni] chicken truly is a show-stopper, it’s the bread salad that really leaves me hankering for more. – Nealey, as written here.

Check out Nealey’s take on the Zuni bread salad → Crispy Chicken Thighs with Warm Bread Salad

2. Fried Eggs in Bread Crumbs

So simple. So good. – Anjali

The recipes I adore most are the simpler ones that hardly require that I look at the book anymore, like the eggs fried in bread crumbs. – Dana

Buy it → The Zuni Cafe Cookbook by Judy Rodgers, $26 at Amazon

Now, readers, it’s your turn!

What are your favorite recipes from The Zuni Cafe Cookbook?

This post was requested by LRenee for Reader Request Week 2015.

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