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Top Chef The Cookbook

Posted by gourmetmall on December 27, 2008

Top Chef The Cookbook

 

 

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Top Chef Cook Book1
This book is a Christmas gift for my son-in-law who is a chef. The “Top Chef” TV show is a “must watch” for him, so I thought he’d enjoy the cook book as one of his gifts.

Tangy,Tart,Hot and Sweet4
“Top Chef: The Cookbook” is a comprehensive,generously photographed guide to Bravo’s fun series. There are recipes, chef profiles, and catfights. The layout isn’t exactly reader-friendly (books about television shows tend to be that way) However, it is sturdy enough for use in a kitchen, and it does have some easy recipes (along with dainty elegant ones) Not all the recipes require truffles,white asparagus,etc.

“Top Chef” covers the show’s first three seasons in San Francisco, Los Angeles,and Miami. There are intros to each chef’s distinctive style. “Top Chef”,one would conclude,is the love child of “Iron Chef” and “Dinner Impossible.” In the new season,for example,the chefs have had to please Alinea’s Grant Achatz along with the Foo Fighters. They had to spontaneously make a soup,as well as cater for the rock group and their entourage. The challenges are riveting to watch. Unlike Iron Chef,Padma Lakshmi and Tom Colicchio bring in judges from the outside,who have their own tastes.

“Top Chef” has it cooking!

Beware of Sunflower Seeds & Carrot Loaf4
Without a doubt this cookbook is a must have for any Top Chef fan. However, this book makes me seriously question the dishes cooked on the show. Last night I picked what appeared to be the easiest recipe in the book, the Sunflower Seeds & Carrot Loaf. If you remember Carlos made this amuse-bouche for a quickfire challenge in which contestants had to get their ingredients from a vending machine. The dish won the challenge. I followed the recipe perfectly and what resulted was one of the most phallic, God-awful things I have ever tasted. From the appearance to the lingering after-taste I have never had such a bad culinary experience.

About Top Chef The Cookbook detail

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #51 in Books
  • Brand: Chronicle Books
  • Published on: 2008-03-20
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 256 pages

Product Description

Pack your knives and go . . . straight to the bookstore. Top Chef presents the official companion cookbook to the No. 1 rated food show on cable television! Featuring 100 fabulous recipes from the first three seasons of the show, including dishes from the Elimination Rounds and the Quick-Fire Challenges, The Top Chef Cookbook invites fans into the hottest kitchen on prime time. In-depth discussions with contestants, judges, and crew reveal the inner workings of the show, and lavish photographs take readers behind-the-scenes into the Top Chef pantry and the competition sites. Handsomely packaged with a canvas cover inspired by the chef’s jacket worn by each of the Top Chef contestants, this cookbook will have aspiring culinary contenders reliving classic show moments and relishing new recipes just in time to obsess over Padma’s outfits in Season 4.
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The Splendid Table’s How to Eat Supper: Recipes, Stories, and Opinions from Public Radio’s Award-Winning Food Show

Posted by gourmetmall on December 26, 2008

 

 

 

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A departure in style3
Being used to a simpler format, I was distracted by the use of so many sizes and styles of type. I have two books by her and use them, but haven’t tried any in this one.

Satisfying and Quick Meals4
I love Lynn Rosetto Kasper (even though I always think her middle name is Risotto). Her efforts to support local organic agriculture are terrific and the depth and breadth of her knowledge about food is amazing. She loves a good story to go with her meals and to entice the reader. Little introductions to the recipes provide humor and extra motivation to the chef/working mom’s out there with brains who need a smart & interesting boost at the end of the day knowing that the recipes will inevitably take a little extra time, but provide a way more satisfying experience. In my mind, that is the perfect cookbook for a working cook, one that is a little funny, a little smart, that motivates you even when you want to sit down, and rewards you with a thoroughly delightful result. This cookbook is no different from her others, but except for its intention to allow you to make dinner after work without being too time consuming.
I have only tried a couple recipes so far and adapted one for another meal. In each case the meal was as advertised, simple and made reasonably quickly. My family so far has loved each one. That is a home cook’s best praise.
My only complaint is that the style & size of the type-face throughout the book is changed to “add interest” I suspect. But it ubiquitous & over the top, only serving to make it hard for me to quickly browse the contents when trying to select a meal to make. I would suggest that future editions omit most of the high impact typesetting and thereby help save the reader even more time by limiting its distracting quality.

Creative Cook4
My daughter bought The Splendid Table’s How to Eat Supper after listening The Splendid Table podcasts and wanting a book based on Lynne Rosetto Kasper’s and Sally Swift’s recipes and recommendations. I loved the book so much that I bought one for myself. The book has loads of pictures and many recipes are enhanced with variations and advice. In fact, the book is just plain fun to read! The menu suggestions on the inside of each cover will give your everyday suppers more pizazz and make company worthy meals a snap. This book is a gourmet-wanna-be’s dream.

About The Splendid Table’s How to Eat Supper: Recipes, Stories, and Opinions from Public Radio’s Award-Winning Food Show detail

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #157 in Books
  • Published on: 2008-04-08
  • Released on: 2008-04-08
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 352 pages

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Just when you thought the last thing the world needed was another book on weeknight cooking, along comes an entirely fresh take on the subject. As they do on their weekly show, host Lynne Rossetto Kasper and producer Sally Swift approach their topic with attitude and originality, making The Splendid Table’s How to Eat Supper one of the most engaging cookbooks of this or any other year.

As loyal listeners know, Lynne and Sally share an unrelenting curiosity about everything to do with food. Their show, The Splendid Table, looks at the role food plays in our lives—inspiring us, making us laugh, nourishing us, and opening us up to the world around us. Now they have compiled all the most trenchant tips, never-fail recipes, and everyday culinary know-how from the program in How to Eat Supper, a kitchen companion unlike any other.

This is no mere cookbook. Like the show, this book goes far beyond the recipe, introducing the people and stories that are shaping America’s changing sense of food. We don’t eat, shop, or cook as we used to. Our relationship with food has intensified, become more controversial, richer, more pleasurable, and sometimes more puzzling. How to Eat Supper gives voice to rarely heard perspectives on food—from the quirky to the political, from the grassroots to the scholarly, from the highbrow to the humble—and shows the essential role breaking bread together plays in our world.

How to Eat Supper takes you through a plethora of inviting recipes simple enough to ensure success even if you’ve never cooked before. And if you are experienced in the kitchen, you’ll find challenging new concepts and dishes to spark your imagination.

 

 

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How to Cook Everything

Posted by gourmetmall on December 25, 2008

How to Cook Everything (Completely Revised 10th Anniversary Edition): 2,000 Simple Recipes for Great Food

 

 

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Better books around2
I will admit up front that I do not have this edition, I own the prior one (yellow cover) but I can’t see how they possibly made it that much better. It was quite poor to begin with.

If you need a cookbook that will take you from novice to expert, teach you the basics and has many classic recipes like goulash, coq au vin and also teach you how to properly set a table then the New Doubleday Cookbook is the one to get. Bittman falls short on so many levels and it’s clear that it’s been overhyped. Perhaps all those glowing celebrity testimonials were paid for?

The New Doubleday Cookbook

Modern Joy of Cooking5
Mark Bittman’s How to Cook Everything is a modern Joy of Cooking – a wonderful present for a bride. His suggestions for seasoning are very helpful and good.

practical, easy to read, love it5
I haven’t had this book for more than a month and already I’ve used it a ton. I love the layout and the great tips. There isn’t any topic I can think of that he doesn’t cover. It’s a great, great book.

About How to Cook Everything (Completely Revised 10th Anniversary Edition): 2,000 Simple Recipes for Great Food detail

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #30 in Books
  • Published on: 2008-10-20
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 1056 pages

 

 

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Joy of Cooking: 75th Anniversary Edition – 2006

Posted by gourmetmall on December 24, 2008

Joy of Cooking: 75th Anniversary Edition – 2006

 

 

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The Joy Of Cooking5
This book is a must have for just about everybody, whether you are an experienced cook, or a beginner, or a person who is looking to vary the “same old same old” dishes on which we all can get “stuck.”

This book was advertised as “USED” and arrived quickly, well packaged and protected. I cannot tell the difference
in this particular copy from one that is BRAND NEW.

Speedy delivery to the Seattle area, considering we are seemingly at “the other end of the world.” A great seller, who delivers what he advertises.

The “Gold Standard” In Cookbooks! Highly Recommended!5
The “Gold Standard” In Cookbooks! Highly Recommended!

We own several versions of “The Joy of Cooking”, all of which are well broken in and show signs of heavy usage in our kitchen. My wife has a huge collection of cookbooks, but this is the most turned to. As my middle daughter is getting ready to head out to collage, we are getting her a copy of this excellent cookbook to take with her (mostly so she doesn’t take ours :-)

The 4,500 recipes are great, and several have been updated in this new edition. The book does more than just present step-by-step instructions, it actually has detailed explanations for why things are done a certain way and how to get the best results using your ingredients.

One of our favorites is the strudel recipe. Be sure to check it out.

Highly recommended! You might also like Mennonite Community Cookbook: Favorite Family Recipes, it is also fantastic!

Joy of Cooking, 75th anniversary5
I’ve had three or four Joys of Cooking before this one, all were stained,
written on, dogeared before I bought another one. I have bought many for gifts.
I really like this edition best of all— why? Because of the index.

Cookbooks have always been notoriuosly difficult to index, according to my niece, the indexer.

In fact I enjoy reading the index, actually.

About Joy of Cooking: 75th Anniversary Edition – 2006 detail

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #89 in Books
  • Brand: Cookbook
  • Published on: 2006-10-31
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 1152 pages

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When the last edition of the Joy of Cooking appeared in 1997, it was a chef-centric, rarified global ingredient kind of moment. And now, 1997 seems very far away. This country is in an economically wobbly, terror-filled time where Americans have kept close to home both literally and figuratively. The 75th Anniversary Edition of the Joy of Cooking — as it has always done — speaks to the time it is published into. This Joy has come full circle from 1997 with a huge emphasis on American home cooking. We are not chasing the authentic Oaxacan enchilada here — we have cheese, chicken, and beef. We have returned the casserole; included slow cooker recipes; restored chapters on jams, jellies, pickles, ice cream, and drinks. There is an eye to economy with expanded discussions on how to get the best out of tougher cuts of meat; the art of leftovers; and keeping household stock. With 500 completely new recipes and hundreds of recipes long edited out of previous editions, this is a brand-new, best-loved Joy of Cooking that rejoices in the cooking of the country that made it the bestselling cookbook of all time — America.

BACK TO BASICS The perfect boiled egg*fluffy rice*pancakes light as air*choosing the perfect cut of meat* no fail cakes* knife skills* vegetables for every meal*cooking with fresh herbs*how to cook fish*roast chicken with crispy skin*fresh salads and homemade dressings*crisp fritters, fries, and onion rings* casserole cooking*finding the right sauce for the pasta*easy homemade pie dough*simple stock making*chewy and cakey cookies and brownies*quick pan sauces for meats

BRAND NEW A return to the American classics from enchiladas and chop suey to velvet cake and mud pie* all new illustrations*rich new soups*more grilling recipes*homemade ice cream and sorbet*slow cooker recipes*complete new grains*food for a crowd*how to freeze ingredients, dishes and entire meals*beverages and party drinks for entertaining and family meals* making jellies, jams and preserves* how to can fruits and vegetables*quick suppers*brining meats and shellfish

RETURN TO REFERENCE Cutting-edge nutritional information*Expanded Know Your Ingredients*More information about storing and keeping foods*more menu planning*new illustrations of techniques*new sections on high altitude baking and cooking*cooking with wine and spirits*stocking your pantry*buying the right equipment*expanded index*botanical information*ingredient substitutions*expanded information on fish and game*entertaining how-to from supper clubs to children’s parties

 

 

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Diners, Drive-ins and Dives: An All-American Road Trip . . . with Recipes! (Food Network)

Posted by gourmetmall on December 23, 2008

Diners, Drive-ins and Dives: An All-American Road Trip . . . with Recipes! (Food Network)

 

 

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Disappointed1
Very disappointed. One of my favorite programs and felt that the book didn’t share any of the spots that I wanted or recipes that I was hoping to find. Have not opened it since I received it. Possible re-gift item.

not money1
I just purchased this book, I have over 100 cook books I am a chef with over 22 years experience this by far is one of the worse cookbooks I have ever purchased, but also triple d is one of my favorite shows on food network
if you have any understanding at all about cooking you will see right away how simplistic this book really is, none of the triple d outstanding recipes are show cased at all, it is all in black and white no color photos very cheaply done. if I woild of had 5 minutes to check it out no way would I have wasted my money on this. sorry guy NOT MONEY

Great ideas for great food!5
This book is right from the show. All of those amazing foods they make on the show are right here for you to make & enjoy in your own home!

About Diners, Drive-ins and Dives: An All-American Road Trip . . . with Recipes! (Food Network) detail

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #37 in Books
  • Published on: 2008-11-01
  • Released on: 2008-10-28
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 256 pages

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Food Network star Guy Fieri takes you on a tour of America’s most colorful diners, drive-ins, and dives in this tie-in to his enormously popular television show, complete with recipes, photos, and memorabilia.

Packed with Guy’s iconic personality, Diners, Drive-ins and Dives follows his hot-rod trips around the country, mapping out the best places most of us have never heard of. From digging in at legendary burger joint the Squeeze Inn in Sacramento, California, baking Peanut Pie from Virginia Diner in Wakefield, Virginia, or kicking back with Pete’s “Rubbed and Almost Fried” Turkey Sandwich from Panini Pete’s in Fairhope, Alabama, Guy showcases the amazing personalities, fascinating stories, and outrageously good food offered by these American treasures.

 

 

 

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