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COOKBOOK WATCH

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As regular shoppers at the Santa Monica Farmers Market know too well, no Los Angeles restaurant follows the seasons more closely than Campanile. You have to get to the market early to beat co-owner Nancy Silverton and her team, who pluck the best berries, the ripest heirloom tomatoes, the most unusual fresh shell beans. The only consolation if you’re too late: You can go to the restaurant and see what Silverton’s husband, Mark Peel, and his crew have done with the bounty. Now you can cook some of the dishes at home too. Peel and Silverton’s “The Food of Campanile” (Villard, $35), in collaboration with Ian Smith, is new in bookstores and includes the braises, grills and sautes that are the heart of Peel’s Urban Rustic aesthetic, plus some amazing vegetable dishes and a good selection of Silverton’s famous desserts.

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