Cook's House (print version)

In their widely anticipated new cookbook, Cook's House (ISBN 978-0-9818708-2-3), chefs Eric Patterson and Jennifer Blakeslee offer a yearlong series of menus and recipes drawing deeply from nature, a rich spiritual life, and the desire to nourish body and soul. Partners in a small northern Michigan bistro and formerly the top talent behind a Michelin-starred French restaurant, Patterson and Blakeslee believe that food preparation must embrace seasonal variety and ripeness

Cooks’ House is more than just a collection of recipes. It’s a book that approaches cooking as an act that can only be truly done in the context of life and living. Cooking is more than putting a list of ingredients in a bowl and mixing. True cooking comes when we follow the seasons, when we learn to listen in on their rhythms. Cooking, at its foundation, is what makes it possible to live life fully, and in the process we can find truth and meaning.

Biographies of the Authors:

Eric Patterson is current co-owner of The Cooks’ House in Traverse City. Patterson spent much of the past fifteen years at Andre's, Las Vegas' Michelin-starred French restaurant, including a three-year apprenticeship under the legendary Andre Rochat. At the end of his Vegas tenure, Patterson was Andre's head chef. He currently lives in Traverse City with his wife Theresa and their three sons. Eric is a sub-deacon in the Greek Archdiocese.

Jennifer Blakeslee is current co-owner of The Cooks’ House in Traverse City. She is a Traverse City native and culinary school graduate from the prestigious Johnson & Wales University. Blakeslee addressed her travel itch by taking chef positions in Italy and Mexico earlier in her career. She spent three years working at the Michelin-starred Las Vegas restaurant, Andre's, with Eric Patterson, her current business partner. She lives in Traverse City with her daughter Abbie.

This book is available now!

Mentioned in the Detroit News on December 3, 2009