Steven Schussler, Creator, Rainforest Cafe
"The Best Cookbook Ever! Passion on Every Page! 25 Years of Living, Loving, Laughing and Eating."


Rich Melman, Chairman: Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, Inc
"Dave Anderson is a guy whose heart is even bigger than his appetite. These recipes reflect his love for his Chicago roots and his zest for life with a little kick."


Carolyn Wells, Kansas City Barbecue Society
"This is the ultimate comfort food cookbook. It's food that people love to eat. Dave's outdone himself this time."


Book Description
Award winning recipes inspired by America's down-home eateries. More than 100 recipes for comfort foods and authentic regional dishes. They come from neighborhood storefront restaurants and blues joints (Voodoo Chicken & Mojo Salsa and Beale Street Shrimp and Corn Fritters); small town roadhouses and cafes (Route 66 Truck Stop Chili, Creamy Sweet & Sour Coleslaw, and Caraway Cheese Soup); country kitchens (Front Porch Cheesy Grits, Real Honest Southern Fried Chicken, and County Fair Blue Ribbon Peach Pie); and rustic cabins and lodges (Log Cabin Chicken Pot Pie, Ketchickan Lodge Salmon Pate, and Drunken Peach Cobler.)


About the Author
A Native American, Dave Anderson is as remarkably unique as his food and his award-winning restaurants. A man recognized for his extraordinary palate, devotion to detail, and dedication to perfection, he is also a silversmith, antiques expert, homespun philosopher, and philanthropist. (All the profits from his book will be donated to The Mino-Giizhig Fund.) In 1997, Nation's Restaurant News honored Famous Dave's Inc. with its coveted "Hot Concept Award" for being the most innovative and exciting new restaurant in the marketplace, and that same year, Famous Dave himself won the "Minnesota and the Dakota Entrepreneur of the Year Award" from Ernst & Young, NASDAQ and USA Today. Famous Dave lives in Edina, Minnesota with his wife and two sons.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

More than 100 recipes for comfort foods and authentic regional dishes. They come from neighborhood storefront restaurants and blues joints (Voodoo Chicken & Mojo Salsa and Beale Street Shrimp and Corn Fritters); small town roadhouses and cafes (Route 66 Truck Stop Chili, Creamy Sweet & Sour Cole Slaw, and Caraway Cheese Soup); country kitchens (Front Porch Cheesy Grits, Real Honest Southern Fried CHicken, and County Fair Blue Ribbon Peach Pie); and rustic cabins and lodges (Log Cabin Chicken Pot Pie, Ketchickan Lodge Salmon Pate, and Drunken Peach Cobler).

About the Author:

A native American, Dave Anderson is as remarkably unique as his food and his award-winning restaurants. A man recognized for his extraordinary palate, devotion to detail, and dedication to perfection, he is also a silversmith, antiques expert, homespun philosopher, and philanthropist. (All profits from his book will be donated to The Mino-Giizhig Fund.) In 1997, Nation's Restaurant News honored Famous Dave's Inc. with its coveted "Hot Concept Award" for being the most innovative and exciting new restaurant in the marketplace, and that same year, Famous Dave himself won the "Minnesota and the Dakota Entrepreneur of the Year Award" from Ernst & Young, NASDAQ and USA Today. Famous Dave lives in Edina, Minnesota with his wife and two sons.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

This is the ultimate comfort food cookbook. It's food that people love to eat. Dave's outdone himself this time.  — (Carolyn Wells, Kansas City Barbecue Society)

The Best Cookbook Ever! Passion on Every Page! 25 Years of Living, Loving, Laughing and Eating.  — (Steven Schussler, Creator, Rainforest Cafe)