Dish Entertains: Everyday Simple to Special Occasions

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The James Beard award–winning dish entertains is a modern classic. Adhering to the style and approach of Trish Magwood’s dish cooking studio and catering company, this gorgeous cookbook—available now for the first time in paperback—shows you how to entertain the “dish” way. And what is the dish way? It’s a kitchen tapas party instead of a formal sit-down dinner, a cool shooter of soup instead of a standard bowl, a stand-up nibbles spread instead of a buffet. The dish way is the new way: easy, affordable, fun and stylish. With straightforward, professional recipes and stunning photographs, dish entertains is lush and accessible, easy to cook from and a delight to read. Insiders’ tips, advice and expertise from caterers appear in sidebars throughout. Novice to advanced home cooks will benefit equally from this book, as Magwood inspires us to entertain with style and confidence.

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Everyday Harumi

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Harumi Kurihara, Japan's most famous cookbook writer, selects her favorite ingredients and presents 70 new home-style recipes for you to make for family and friends.
In Everyday Harumi, Harumi Kurihara, Japan's most popular cookbook writer, selects her favorite foods and presents more than 60 new home-style recipes for you to make for family and friends. Harumi wants everyone to be able to make her recipes and she demonstrates how easy it is to cook Japanese food for every day occasions without needing to shop at specialist food stores.

Arranged by her favorite ingredients, Harumi presents recipes for soups, starters, snacks, party dishes, main courses and family feasts that are quick and simple to prepare, all presented in her effortless, down-to-earth and unpretentious approach to sylish living and eating. Every recipe is photographed and includes beautiful step by step advice that show key Japanese cooking techniques, such as chopping skills or how to serve rice. Texture and flavor are important to Japanese food and Harumi takes you through the basic sauces you can make at home and the staples you should have in your store cupboard.

Photographed by award-winning photographer Jason Lowe, this warm and approachable cookbook invites you to cook and share Japanese food in a simple and elegant style.

(2009)

• ISBN13: 9781840915440
• Condition: New
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looovee this book! - Amy Haines -
LOVE this book! so beautiful and exciting and healthy and I could just go on and on with my excitement for this book!! I have also purchased her other cookbook and look forward to lots of cooking from that one too! She is awesome!!! BUY this book for sure!!!

Everyday Cooking with Dr. Dean Ornish: 150 Easy, Low-Fat, High-Flavor Recipes

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Renowned cardiac researcher and bestselling author Dean Ornish, M.D., has inspired millions of people to choose a healthier lifestyle and a low-fat diet. But low-fat cooking can be time-consuming and hard to fit into a busy schedule, so Dr. Ornish has found 150 wonderful ways to make it fast, delicious and fun.

Everyday Cooking with Dean Ornish includes 150 easy and extraordinary recipes that are extremely low in fat and cholesterol -- and high in flavor. You'll find slimmed-down versions of comfort foods that are delicious and nutritious, from French Toast and Hashed Browns to enchiladas and lasagna, from Creamy Corn Soup and Spicy Arkansas Chili to Southwest Pizza and Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting. The recipes are quick to prepare, the ingredients are familiar and inexpensive and there are hundreds of smart time-saving tips on cooking, shopping and serving. Now you no longer have to choose between good food and good health.

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Cooking Mexican food

If there is one thing that the country of Mexico is known for delicious food around, is his world. Cooking Mexican food may seem complicated, but with a little 'practice, any home cook delicious Mexican cuisine. Everything have to do is gain a little traditional Mexican ingredients and techniques.

Burritos are a popular Mexican food made easy. To make burritos really cool, you must obtaina tortilla press. This tool flattens masa, a dough of corn flour pancakes thin. The burgers are cooked briefly and then turned into tortillas.

One of the most widely used ingredients in Mexican cooking is the pepper. There are many varieties of peppers, but are commonly used in Mexican cuisine on Jalapeno, Serrano and ancho. Hardly a Mexican court is presented that does not have some form of pepper with different degrees of sharpness.

The only problemMost of the pepper that is used and that They are very hot, which makes them very tasty, but can cause irritation, if not managed properly. During cooking with chili, you need gloves, his hands to keep oils from around the gain. It 'also important to avoid contact between the hands or face and eyes when working with them. If you find you like the taste, but I hate the pain later, you can try to find a spoon of sugar or milk productsand cool the heat.

Learn to cook authentic Mexican food was a great way to celebrate Cinco de Mayo, or simply to try something new. The bold flavors to make every meal exciting and judges are at odds with many foods from other cultures. The next time the desire for a tasty burrito Mexican hits you fast-food joints and try to avoid making some delicious, authentic Mexican cuisine in your kitchen.

Everyday Chinese Cooking: Quick and Delicious Recipes from the Leeann Chin Restaurants

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"There are too many exotic ingredients." . . . "What about all that preparation?" . . . "I don't want to buy special equipment." . . . Acclaimed restaurateur Leeann Chin and her daughter Katie have heard all the excuses before, and in response they present their collection of delicious, simple recipes that will make any cook feel like a gourmet Chinese chef. Everyday Chinese Cooking proves that the very best Chinese cooking can be achieved in a real home kitchen, by real people, on real schedules.

As a young, time-strapped mother cooking for a family of eight on a limited budget -- and in her new home of Minnesota, half a world away from where she was raised -- Leeann Chin developed recipes that worked for her new lifestyle, without access to all the ingredients of her homeland and within the constraints of a very busy life. The results speak for themselves: quick, flavorful, accessible but authentic Chinese dishes that could make you consider opening up your own take-out restaurant.

More than 150 recipes encompass appetizers, soups, poultry, beef, pork, seafood, vegetables, noodles, rice, and desserts. Introductions to each recipe provide completely usable information, such as ingredient substitutions, make-ahead tips, serving suggestions, and other ideas for real-life cooking and eating. Everyday Chinese Cooking is more than quick and easy food; it's also naturally healthful. Best of all, once you get a few recipes under your belt (in every sense of the word) you'll realize that Chinese cooking is truly one of the most convenient ways to get dinner on the table with the least amount of stress.

Leeann Chin's incredibly successful restaurants have been voted "Best Chinese Food" by Minneapolis & St. Paul Magazine in the Minneapolis area for more than a dozen consecutive years. With the help of her daughter Katie, Leeann proves that Chinese food can -- and should -- be an everyday option for home cooks of all experience levels, everywhere.

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Simple and Tasty Chinese Food - Michelle Rose - Eagan, MN United States
If you're looking for a quick an easy route to achieve good Chinese food, I highly recommend this book. Recipes are simple and uncomplicated and the results I've gotten have been impressive. It's not stellar, but it's good food.

Easy Everyday Favorites: From the World's #1 Cooking Website

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Excellent fresh recipes!!! - S. Heitz - Houston, TX, USA
This is a super cookbook for novices as well as the more seasoned cooks. All of the recipes are easy, use fresh ingredients and quite tasty.

Quick and Easy Vegan Comfort Food: 65 Everyday Meal Ideas for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner with Over 150 Great-tasting, Down-home Recipes

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A born food-lover, raised in California on “the best Mexican food in the country” and her father’s “traditional Southern soul food,” Alicia C. Simpson couldn’t imagine giving up her favorite dishes to become vegan. Animal-free food might be healthier, but could it match the tastes of home—like fried chicken, macaroni and cheese, or a bowl of chili? Three years after Alicia took the vegan plunge, Quick and Easy Vegan Comfort Food answers that question with a resounding “yes!”

Here is the essential cookbook for any of America’s more than 6 million vegans who miss the down-home tastes they remember (or want to try), or for vegetarians and even meat-eaters who want to add more plant-based foods to their diets, but don’t know where to start. Comfort-seeking cooks will find:

• Easy-to-prepare, animal-free versions of classics like Spicy Buffalo Bites, Ultimate Nachos, Baked Ziti and more
• 65 delicious combinations for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, with flavors from around the world, like “Chinese Take-In” or “Tijuana Torpedo”
• Everything you need to know to start your vegan pantry, and why being vegan is easier, less expensive, and more delicious than you might think.

With spirit and style, Alicia shows just how easy—yes, and comforting—vegan food can be.

• ISBN13: 9781615190058
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A-MAZING!!!!! OH, I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THIS BOOK! - Shanen Marquita Smith - Atlanta suburb, GA
Holy smackers this is a good book!!! Flavor-full and cruelty-free.

Where do I begin??? I started out with the Sweet Potato Waffle recipe because I have complete and absolute love for pancakes and waffles, but oh my god...the warm 'melt-in-your-mouth' goodness of the cinnamon, vanilla, brown sugar, and sweet potato was almost too much. But when I took the first bite, I just closed my eyes and smiled a deep, heartfelt smile of sheer satisfaction. Adding a small pat of Earth Balance vegan 'butter' just about took it over the top. I couldn't believe I made them. Fantastic.

Then I decided to try the Fool-Your-Friends Tacos. I figured "Meatless taco? Yeah right." So I began to prepare the recipe. The easiest taco recipe ever -- and QUICK! Less than 15 minutes, they were ready to eat. I never told my husband, the consummate carnivore, that the tacos contained no meat. He took one bite and his eyes rolled in delight. He hadn't even swallowed, but he couldn't stop talking about what he was chewing. He wolfed it down and then I decided to come clean. I revealed to him that he had just scarfed a 'vegan taco'. His expression sank at the deception. And, with a food-stained mustache, he conceded, "That was a darn good taco. Make me 2 more." Convinced I was on to something, I decided to prepare and sample one myself, and boy, let me tell you...Taco Bell just lost one of its most enthusiastic supporters. Forget Fool-Your-Friends Tacos. I call them Fool-Yourself Tacos because you'll never believe you ate a taco that good without having to 'run for the border'. She [the author] says you'll lick the plate. And after wiping the sour cream and taco sauce from my forehead, I can say that I surely did.

500 3-Ingredient Recipes: Simple and Sensational Recipes for Everyday Cooking

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It’s not just a meal, it’s a miracle!
Appetizers * Desserts * Entrees * Side Dishes
Delicious Recipes made quickly and easily with just three ingredients!

Great cooking and delectable meals don’t have to involve extensive recipes and long lists of ingredients. In fact, the best dishes are often made from creative uses of easy-to-find ingredients. A veritable bonanza of more than 500 recipes, Robert Hildebrand, executive chef of The Three Stallions Inn in Vermont, and his sister, Carol, combine a few common and not so common fixin’s and show you how to create more than you’d ever imagined with only three ingredients. Recipes include:

· Chicken Tortellini Soup
· Lobster Stew
· Thai Red-Curry Chicken
· Veal Piccata
· Grilled Tuna with Wasabi Cream Sauce
· Double Chocolate Truffles

So no more staring blankly at a refrigerator full of seemingly disconnected items! 500 3-Ingredient Recipes will show you how to create interesting, healthy dishes from foods you already have on hand, and will also help you shorten your grocery lists for simpler, more enjoyable cooking experiences.

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good for an experienced cook... - Amanda Bremner - Madison, WI
I'm a college student and finally decided to grow up and move away from rice a roni and frozen burritos and start cooking for real, so I got this book thinking that anything with three ingredients has to be simple enough for me to make - especially since it claims to have "simple and sensational recipes for everyday cooking."
Unfortunately this was not the book for me. The recipes are simple enough in their ingredients but not much else. Most of the recipes require expensive specialized equipment such as a dutch oven or food processor which a beginner's kitchen just isn't going to have. and they offer no suggestions for what to do if you don't have all this equipment.
The cooking itself is also very complex and time consuming. While I'm not exactly an experienced chef, I do know my way around a kitchen from helping my mom and two cooking classes I took in high school. But the recipes in this book often require way more skill than the average person is going to have (like making your own pasta noodles), and they generally don't give any explanation of how to go about doing the required tasks so if you don't already know you have to look it up or just wing it.
Also, many of the ingredients are really hard to come by or expensive. The authors refer many times to very specific ingredients that they can get at their local market, but if your area doesn't have the same selection you're out of luck.

I don't want to bash the book too much because the recipes do all sound excellent and if I had the resources and skill to make these I think I would like the book a lot more. Mainly I just think that the title is deceptive because it claims to be simple everyday recipes and I can't imagine anyone making some of these things for anything other than a special occasion.

on a side note - if you happen to love mushrooms this could be a great book for you. however, if you're like me and highly dislike them, I'd avoid this book. The authors are obviously big fans of mushrooms and feature them in a very high percentage of the recipes - and when there are only 3 ingredients you can't really just leave the mushrooms off and still have a complete dish.

Make It Fast, Cook It Slow: The Big Book of Everyday Slow Cooking

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Make It Fast, Cook It Slow is the first cookbook from Stephanie O'Dea, the extremely popular slow cooking blogger: affordable, delicious, nutritious, and gluten-free recipes to delight the entire family.

In December 2007, Stephanie O'Dea made a New Year's resolution: she'd use her slow cooker every single day for an entire year, and write about it on her very popular blog. The result: more than three million visitors, and more than 300 fabulous, easy-to-make, family-pleasing recipes, including:

• Breakfast Risotto
• Vietnamese Roast Chicken
• Tomatoes and Goat Cheese with Balsamic Cranberry Syrup
• Falafel
• Philly Cheesesteaks
• Crème Brulee

--and much more. Make It Fast, Cook It Slow is the perfect cookbook for easy, quick prep, inexpensive ingredients, and meals that taste like you spent hours at the stove.

• ISBN13: 9781401310042
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

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Slow cooking made easy and with variety - N. Large - Napa, CA
I've only made a few things so far but the variety of recipes is good. They don't have too many ingredients & seem simple to follow. It was a pleasant surprise to try cooking oatmeal in my slow cooker.