The Four Horsemen: Food and Wine for Good Times from the Brooklyn Restaurant

• Authors: NICK CURTOLA, GABE ULLA, JAMES MURPHY & JUSTIN CHEARNO
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Language: English
• Publication date: 10/2024
• Number of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 21 x 26 cm
• Weight: 1293
• Format: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9781419760174

Presentation:

The highly anticipated cookbook from the Michelin-starred restaurant, written by renowned chef Nick Curtola, James Murphy, Justin Chearno (James Beard Award-winning wine director), and co-author Gabe Ulla.

Like the irresistibly warm restaurant that inspired it, The Four Horsemen: Food and Wine for Good Times is much more than a book about exceptional food.

The story begins in 2014, when four friends with virtually no restaurant experience naively decided to open a restaurant in New York City. They called it The Four Horsemen and hired a then-little-known chef, Nick Curtola, to run the tiny kitchen.

Although they did almost everything wrong in the beginning, The Four Horsemen is now a Michelin-starred restaurant, sold out seven nights a week, and a James Beard Award winner for the best wine program in the United States—not to mention a worldwide reputation as a must-visit destination in New York City. Of Curtola's food, New York Times food critic Pete Wells wrote in a glowing review, "The plates, seemingly casual and simple, are actually neither, a revelation that hits you only when you're wondering why that sausage or pickle is the best thing you've had in ages."

In this debut cookbook from the acclaimed restaurant, Curtola explains his approach to simplicity with warmth, clarity, and over 100 recipes. The book opens with a humorous yet moving introduction by co-founder James Murphy, which sets the stage for Curtola's writing and recipes, accompanied by relaxed and informative essays by natural wine pioneer Justin Chearno, as well as guest contributions from fellow team members Christina Topsøe and Randy Moon.

Throughout the book, readers will also find suggestions on a topic these four inexperienced friends were already experts on long before they opened their restaurant: how to have fun.

The Authors

Nick Curtola is the head chef of the Four Horsemen. Raised in Northern California, where he attended culinary school and trained under Camino's Russell Moore, Curtola would later spend time in Piedmont, Italy, butchering goats and making pasta by hand, before eventually moving to New York. After working at the early departed Franny's, Curtola settled down at the Four Horsemen, where he has been cooking for the last seven years.

Gabe Ulla is the co-author of Ignacio Mattos's debut cookbook Estela and David Chang's New York Times –bestselling memoir Eat a Peach . His articles on food and culture have appeared in WSJ Magazine , Town & Country , Saveur , and The New Yorker .

Justin Chearno is the wine director of the Four Horsemen. A Brooklyn resident, he turned Williamsburg's UVA into one of the most influential wine shops in the United States in the early 2000s, well before anyone cared about natural wine.

James Murphy is the renowned musician, DJ, singer, songwriter, and record producer behind LCD Soundsystem and the founder of the Four Horsemen.