Experimenting with the concept of a temporary restaurant, Ad Hoc, which literally means, “for this purpose,” opened its doors in 2006 and has since become a permanent fixture in Yountville, renowned for its family-style comfort food including its award-winning buttermilk fried chicken.
The playful handmade slate chalkboard box ($12), affixed with the restaurant's signature pig, was specially made to encase the cookbook, but also works well for storage in the kitchen or the den.