[.ca] Rockenwagner (ISBN 0898158753)

From Amazon.com:
Chefs' cookbooks are full of dishes that require hours of preparation. The steps are often simple, but each one must be performed precisely to ensure an ultimately successful outcome. Hans Röckenwagner's Pan-Roasted Chicken Breasts on Curried Eggplant with Polenta Fries and Lemon Chutney is a perfect example. It also exemplifies how he constructs complex dishes from what he calls "building blocks." Röckenwagner, the cookbook, features recipes from the similarly named, favorably rated California restaurant. The menus also include tempting, simpler choices such as apple pancake and a killer bread pudding; other offerings, such as goulash soup, pretzels, and spaetzle, reflect Röckenwagner's German roots. Among the showpieces, Medallions of Salmon with a Smoked Salmon and Horseradish Topping is a recipe that cooks who enjoy an afternoon in the kitchen might reasonably attempt. Beyond that, this cookbook is primarily for attracting customers to the restaurant.

Great Contemporary German Food!:
From pretzels to spaetzel to struedel, this book has German dishes with a zing. The whole cookbook is display of this mostly unknown Californian chef. Personally saw him on Food Tv. He has a flair for unique food, presented in remarkable ways (good photos of his technique). This one will serve anyone looking for a wonderful cookbook which hasn't gotten lot of the attention it deserves.