I am so excited about the release of my new Wine Country Cooking cookbook! Wine country cooking uses some of my favorite ingredients, garlic, tomatoes, olive oil, figs, lemons and herbs, and it shares a similar climate with the Mediterranean. The book is all about cooking seasonally and using the best possible ingredients from your local farmer’s market and of course, don’t forget the wine!

Some recipes may look familiar if you have a copy of my long out-of-print Weir Cooking: Recipes from the Wine Country from my first TV series. Wine Country Cooking is completely re-organized by course with 50 brand new recipes, new tips, headnotes and wine pairings. I really love these recipes (simple with spectacular results) and with corn and tomatoes at their peak now I’ve been cooking the recipes featured below every chance I get!

Get yourself a copy (or ten) and have fun Wine Country Cooking!