Personal Chef Resource Book on Mediterranean Food Review by Ruth Paget
Milk Street Tuesday Nights Mediterranean by Christopher Kimball (283 pages) is a handy reference book for personal chefs, who would like to offer dishes from across the Mediterranean in their skill portfolio.
The left pages of the book show large photos of the finished dish, which give presentation ideas for the dish as well as clear photos of the ingredients for clients who would like to remove or add items to a dish.
The right page provides the recipe name, ingredients, and step-by-step instructions. Potential clients can see what exactly goes in the dish and make any adjustments for dietary and/or religious preference.
Kimball separates the recipes into chapters with the following accurate descriptions:
-fast
-faster
-fastest
-salad suppers
-hearty vegetarian
-supper soups
-flat and folded
All the book’s recipes can be made with produce from farmers’ markets. (There are 6 farmers’ markets in Salinas, California alone throughout the week.) Recipes that can be easily made with ingredients from farmers’ markets include:
-rigatoni with artichokes, basil leaves, and pecorino cheese
-pasta with crumbled Italian sausage, tomatoes, and eggplant
-fennel-steamed salmon served with olives and caper vinaigrette
-seared pork chops with fennel and herb salad
-swordfish with potatoes, tomatoes, and capers
People who already like Mediterranean food will find much to love and try in Milk Street Tuesday Nights Mediterranean by Christopher Kimball.
Personal chefs who learn to cook the recipes in Milk Street Tuesday Nights will have a ready portfolio of dishes they can prepare to show potential clients.
Happy Cooking!
Note: My blog with the contact information for a personal chef organization in Salinas, California follows:
https://ruthpaget.blogspot.com/2026/03/personal-chef-information-to-consider.html?m=1
By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France and developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Games
