She was most famous as the co-author, with Julee Rosso, of the The Silver Palate series of cookbooks, and The New Basics Cookbook, a very popular set of food guides which introduced many Americans to French, Southern and Eastern European cooking techniques and ingredients and popularized a richer and very boldly seasoned style of cooking to Americans in sharp contrast to the health-food movements of the 1970s.
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In 1977 she returned to New York City and, with friend Julee Rosso, opened and ran a gourmet food shop in New York City called The Silver Palate at the corner of Columbus Avenue and 73rd Street.
Rosso Fiorentino | Julee Cruise | Porco Rosso | Renzo Rosso | Julee Rosso | Rosso Fiorentino's | Nini Rosso | Falling (Julee Cruise song) | ''Battle between Hercules and Centaurs'', engraving from the ''The Labours of Hercules'' after Rosso Fiorentino |