The Art of Cooking

The AIDS Project of the Ozarks enlists the help of local artists and chefs to spice up 417-land kitchens.

A new cookbook is featuring 340 recipes by the region’s finest chefs and showcasing many of 417-land’s most acclaimed artists—all of whom lent their work to the charity project for free. It’s part of a fundraiser for AIDS Project of the Ozarks that celebrates fine food, fine art and the turnaround of downtown Springfield, which has been helped along by restaurants and art galleries.

With the release of Haute Cuisine, APO’s head of fundraising, William Brandon “Bucky” Bowman, has assembled recipes from chefs such as Peter Tinson of Gallery Bistro, Nicola Gilardi of Gilardi’s Ristorante and Mark Cotner, formerly of Rasta Grille.

The cover of Haute Cuisine has original art by Brad Noble, whose work ordinarily sells for thousands of dollars. Additional artists lending their work range from up-and-comers like Sean Lyman (edgy lobsters) to the legendary watercolorist Bill H. Armstrong (table in Provence), plus a host of familiar names: Renée Alyson, Jacqueline Warren, Debra Sutherland and Russ Holland.

A Springfield Barnes & Noble sale and book-signing, with chefs and artists present, takes place from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Saturday, October 27. Haute Cuisine is $29.95, with proceeds going to AIDS Project of the Ozarks.

Wanna Buy It?

Click here to purchase the Haute Cuisine cookbook from the 417mag.com store.