Tru: A Cookbook from the Legendary Chicago Restaurant Hardcover - 2004

RICK TRAMONTOis the executive chef/partner of Tru in Chicago, one of "Conde Nast Traveler"'s Top 50 Best Restaurants in the World in 2000. He is the 2002 James Beard Award winner for Best Chef in the Midwest. With culinary partner Gale Gand, he coauthored "American Brasserie" and "Butter Sugar Flour Eggs." He is the author of "Amuse-Bouche." Tramonto lives outside Chicago with his wife and their three sons.
GALE GAND is the executive pastry chef/partner at Tru. In 2001 she received the James Beard Award for Outstanding Pastry Chef and was named top pastry chef of the year by "Bon Appetit." She is also the host of the Food Network's "Sweet Dreams." With culinary partner Rick Tramonto, Gand coauthored "American Brasserie "and "Butter Sugar Flour Eggs." She is the author of "Gale Gand's Just a Bite" and "Gale Gand's Short and Sweet." Gand lives outside Chicago with her husband and her son.
TIM TURNER is a nationally acclaimed food and tabletop photographer. He has been nominated five years in a row for the James Beard Award for Best Food Photography, winning in 1999 for "Charlie Trotter's Desserts." His previous projects include books in the Charlie Trotter's series, "The Inn at Little Washington, Jacques Pepin's Kitchen, " and "Amuse-Bouche." Turner lives in Chicago with his wife and three exuberant daughters.
MARY GOODBODY is a nationally known food writer and editor. Her most recent credits include "Amuse-Bouche" and "Taste: Pure and Simple." She has contributed significantly to "Back to the Table, The Naked Chef, How to Be a Domestic Goddess, "and "Alfred Portale's Twelve Seasons Cookbook, " among other books. The editor of the "IACP Food Forum Quarterly, " she lives outside New York with her daughter.