Download or read book A Tale of 12 Kitchens written by Jake Tilson and published by Artisan Books. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A culinary journey in search of the finest examples of family cookery in the U.S., France, Italy, and Britain describes the author's cooking adventures and includes more than seventy-five recipes from such disparate locales as Southern California, New York's Lower East Side, Tuscany, the Algerian quarter in Paris, and Scotland.