Chef Alfred Portale, known for his elaborate creations at New York City’s Gotham Bar and Grill, is now turning to simpler dishes that any cook can re-create in their home kitchen. He’s collected these recipes in a new cookbook, “Alfred Portale Simple Pleasures: Home Cooking from the Gotham Bar and Grill's Acclaimed Chef." Portale was invited to appear on “Today” to show just how easy some of the recipes are. Here’s a sampling:
Recipes excerpted from "Alfred Portale Simple Pleasures: Home Cooking From the Gotham Bar and Grill's Acclaimed Chef." Copyright 2004 by Alfred Portale and Andrew Friedman. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission of Morrow Cookbooks, a divison of Harper Collins Publishers. To learn more about the book, you can visit www.harpercollins.com