The Eleven Madison Park Cookbook, picked up today at the official release in SoHo. A good number of the EMP team were on hand for the release and everyone seamed genuinely thrilled and grateful for the occasion. I’ve spent about an hour with the cookbook so far, which is to say I’ve read intros, skimmed recipes for my favorite dishes, and glanced at everything else. This is a dense tome, but it’s also one of the most visually stunning cookbooks I’ve seen. We’ll see how accessible it ends up being, but in reality it looks more labor intensive and ingredient dependent than challenging. I can’t wait to try these recipes and then return to the restaurant and let Chef Humm and his staff cook them properly for me.