Leslie Brenner

James Beard Award-winner LESLIE BRENNER is the author of four previous books on wine and food. She lives in New York City.

Books by Leslie Brenner

• Published by Crown Publishing Group

  The Fourth Star

  Dispatches from Inside Daniel Boulud's Celebrated New York Restaurant

  Within every fine restaurant there exist two worlds: the elegant, hushed environment of the dining room and the chaotic, explosive, high-
  tension scene behind the swinging kitchen doors. The ability to create dishes that are utterly sublime and turn them out at breakneck pace while simultaneously juggling kitchen crises, coddling demanding patrons, and managing overworked staff is what defines a four-star chef.
  
  In The Fourth Star, award-winning author Leslie Brenner goes inside...

  
• Published by Bantam Books

  Fear of Wine

  An Introductory Guide to the Grape

  In this friendly introductory guide, food and wine writer Leslie Brenner tells how to:
  Pour and taste wine
  Develop a taste memory
  Order from a wine list
  Select a wine at the store
  Match food with wine
  
  In addition, helpful sidebars illuminate such subjects as:
  How--and why--to swirl without sloshing
  Disarming a snotty waiter
  Ten great wines to bring to a dinner party
  Going beyond California Chardonnay
  Starting your own cellar for under $100