Gourmet Meals in Crappy Little Kitchens

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If you think gourmet meals in crappy little kitchens is an oxymoron, think again!

In her debut cookbook,Jennifer Schaertl tackles the myths about gourmet cooking (you don't need expensive cutlery and a gazillion ingredients!) and shows you how to make delectable meals despite the lack of counter space. Everything from appetizers and salads to soups and one-pot wonders to side dishes and entrees, and of course, dessert is included along with Jennifer's tried-and-true advice for working with limited space, appliances, cookware, and ingredients all on a limited budget.

More than 130 Crappy Little Kitchen (CLK) recipes await you inside, plus:

• Why a CLK can actually be an asset, not a liability
• The must-haves for every CLK pantry
• Crappy Kitchen Saboteurs: Pointless items that eat up small spaces
• How to enhance the functionality of your CLK space—emphasizing  the surprising attributes of working in a small kitchen, plus space-saving ideas that help expand space and utility, allowing for the creation of the most complex dishes
• How to double or triple the function of utensils to eliminate clutter and superfluous tools (toss your ungainly meat mallet and use your sauté pan as an effective meat tenderizer)
• Swap It Skills: Replacing hard-to-find, gourmet ingredients with everyday items without sacrificing taste
• How to cohabitate in Crappy Little Kitchens—Jennifer  tells readers how to share the tight space and avoid Crappy Little Casualties with chef-proven techniques she learned working in busy and cramped restaurant kitchens.
• Ways to create beautiful plating presentations with secretly guarded tricks of the trade
• Chefology: culinary terms and 'did you know this crap' facts to awe guests and increase one's culinary knowledge in fun and inspiring ways

Whether you have an apartment-size galley kitchen, dorm room, or oversized, but completely outdated kitchen, Gourmet Meals in Crappy Little Kitchens takes the stuffy out of gourmet and shows you how to love the kitchen you are in.

• ISBN13: 9780757313653
• Condition: New
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Customer Reviews ::

GREAT TITLE, BUT.... - ireadabookaday - chicago IL
Great title, but the rest of the book does not quite live up to it.

The first thing anyone notices in a cookbook is the photos and design. The overall design is cheap looking, the color photos were some of the most unappetizing I've ever seen in a cookbook, and the green background does not make them any more attractive. The layout is cute, with a lot of little boxes and sidebars- it is a matter of personal preference whether you like this, or prefer a more clean and utilitarian layout.

The opening section, on what is useful and what is just a waste of space in a small kitchen, is fine, but nothing groundbreaking. Same for the list of useful ingredients. This information won't be a revelation to anyone who is beyond beginner level cooking.

Then, the recipes. The ones I've tried were fine, but nothing really special, and reading through the rest I don't feel inspired to try making more of them . Recipes presented as " gourmet" should be more interesting and special than these. They're fine, just not my idea of "gourmet".

So, this could be a nice gift item for someone just out on their own who knows nothing about cooking, but there is nothing here that really makes it stand out from other beginner cookbooks, and it is too basic for a more experienced cook. The small kitchen aspect is really not a major part of the book once past the information section and into the recipes.

Overall, an okay book. Not exciting or inspiring.

A last note: I'd like to have seen photos of the author's crappy little kitchens.

Chinese Food History and Chinese food cooking

Chinese culture is the oldest continuous civilizations in the world and all eras, as well as famine have contributed to shaping the character of the kitchen An important aspect of Chinese culture - the Chinese recipes, Chinese. During the prosperous years it was always a class that had more than enough time and money to devote to the collection of culinary delights shot by their employees. It was the legendary multi-course banquets and parties.

ToOn the other hand, many times through the history of China, floods, droughts and other natural disasters have destroyed crops and devastated a country. Need and necessity forced to look for people who use and new sources of food. Today, the Chinese experts in the manufacture of these exotic objects, such as eels, frogs and snakes, as well as the use of all the edible parts of plants and animals. When thoroughly cleaned, properly prepared and cooked with the right seasonings, language, brain, and rootsThe flowers taste delicious!

A popular method of Chinese cooking - stir fry - could fuel shortages were the result of the efforts to chronic Cook with a minimum of fuel times. Food, slices cut into small pieces or move quickly in hot oil a bit ' More than a few minutes of intense heat. foodstuffs heated in this way has consolidated its natural juices retained, while the color, texture and taste. It is also very nutritious.

Dairyare virtually unknown in the Chinese food from cattle more profitably used as draft animals in the past. So the most important sources of meat and poultry, pigs were fed lightly on food and food scraps. They also take up less space, so that most of the agricultural area could be dedicated to the cultivation of cereals, which could certainly be more people than any number of cattle in the same high feed!

I Love Macarons

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Cute-as-can-be, buttery macarons capture the whimsy and elegance of Paris, where they're traditionally served with tea or wrapped up in ribbon to give as a gift. But the secrets of making perfect macarons have long eluded home bakers until now! In I Love Macarons, renowned Japanese pastry-maker Hisako Ogita brings her extensive experience to the art of baking macarons with fully illustrated foolproof step-by-step instructions. This charmingly designed guide is sure to have pastry lovers everywhere whipping up these colorful confections at home, using ordinary baking equipment and simple ingredients to create myriad flavors of perfection.

• ISBN13: 9780811868716
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Pretty pictures but the recipes don't work! - H. Chou -
I purchased this book on amazon.co.uk (I live in UK) and it only has 6 reviews - most of which are good reviews!
In middle of attempting to make my 1st ever macarons, I found my batter was too runny and started googling what went wrong and saw Catherine Moore's review here on the US Amazon!

If I had seen her review, I'd have never purchased this book!

She's right, the recipies just don't work!

The book is really pretty & all but it's not the book u'd want to get if u want to make proper macarons!

(I added more ground almond & icing sugar to the batter and eventually made it firm enough to make some sort of shape - it tasted nice but wonky shapes and lots of cracks!)

The Little Saigon Cookbook: Vietnamese Cuisine and Culture in Southern California's Little Saigon

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• ISBN13: 9780762738311
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Great Authentic Recipes - Amazon Shopper - Philadelphia, PA
Book contains really good recipes and is presented well so following the recipes is not a problem.