Chris Kostow: A New Napa Cuisine

The debut cookbook from Christopher Kostow, head chef of the three-Michelin-starred Restaurant at Meadowood, spotlighting the artisans, growers, and hidden landscapes of Napa Valley that have inspired his unparalleled cuisine.
Chris was interviewed by Chris Ying, the Editor-in-Chief of Lucky Peach.
A philosophy major with no formal culinary training, Christopher Kostow is not your typical Napa chef. And while Napa Valley has no shortage of popular restaurants or cookbooks about its chefs and cooking styles, there is no chef who is more deeply rooted in and affected by his location than Kostow.
A New Napa Cuisine follows Kostow’s evolution from a line cook in a seaside town to a storied chef at The Restaurant at Meadowood, a Napa Valley mainstay that the
Wall Street Journal recently praised as a “temple of modern American cuisine.” Through nearly 100 artfully constructed recipes and stories—of discovering an abundance of ingredients growing wild in the woods near his St. Helena home or spending afternoons firing pottery with local ceramists—Kostow introduces readers to a new Napa, one that’s rich in history, flavor, and community.