Gourmet's Quick Kitchen Review

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(More customer reviews)I have owned this book for years and have ordered and given several copies to friends and family. This is a great little book for the two-person household. Best of all, the recipes are easily accessible for the novice as well as the experienced cook, and can all be made quickly.
Organized as all the "Best of Gourmet" series are (i.e., appetizers, soups, quick breads, fish & shellfish, meats, poultry, breakfast and cheese and egg dishes, vegetables, salads, desserts), with a few suggested menus at the beginning, it is a very easy book to use. I have made about 75% of the recipes in this book over the years, and there are only a couple that I would not make again -- not because they are "bad", but because they did not suit my palate or my partner's or daughter's. There are a number of recipes in the Vegetables section that make wonderful vegetarian entrees -- for example, the pita pizzas are delightful and quite filling. The Indian menu at the beginning of the book is absolutely wonderful! On a day to day basis, the chicken and fish dishes can't be beat for weekday cooking. Many of the recipes double easily for four people, too.
I highly recommend this book. It is difficult to find recipe collections tailored for two, and this is a very good one.

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With 205 recipes and 45 full-color photos, this is a beautifully packaged, easy-to-use cookbook. Gourmet's Quick Kitchen presents ten complete menus in a format tailor-made for today's busy lifestyles, and is a captivating collection of recipes designed for people who enjoy eating good food--even when they don't have a lot of time to prepare it.

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Gourmet Today: More than 1000 All-New Recipes for the Contemporary Kitchen Review

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(More customer reviews)I got this book last week and have had it on the table, flipping through it and reading it all weekend. The recipes look great, they really do, contemporary and tasty, and I can't wait to try them. I doubt this book will hold up for cooking, though, because the binding is already breaking and those cute little green ribbon bookmarks popped out immediately. At over a thousand pages, this book should have a heavy-duty binding, and it doesn't. I think Houghton Miflin should have published it in two volumes to be more manageable and should have used much higher quality binding and materials. I would be willing to pay more for a book like that that would last. Addendum: WOW--these comments do get noticed! The publisher of this book contacted me and is sending me a new one. They were very apologetic and concerned and said that since I got an early run of the book, that might have explained the poor binding. I was very impressed with their response and how quickly they worked to resolve the problem--the true mark of quality customer service. I'd now give it five stars, but the app doesn't want to let me do that.

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Sacred Feasts: From a Monastery Kitchen Review

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(More customer reviews)I have several books by the same author so I was keen to add this one to my library. This book differs from its predecessors by including some comments/musings/reminiscences which I enjoyed reading. I liked the idea of a recipe collection built around feast days so that when you want to make something special you can go to this book as a good resource. I also noticed that the author has cut down on the amount of fat in his recipes! I would wholeheartedly recommend this book to people who like cooking and eating good fresh food and want to eat well on special occasions as well as everyday.

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This book of seasonal cooking provides a backdrop of celebrating sacred feasts of the year from a monastery kitchen to your kitchen--using recipes from Brother Victor-Antoine d'Avila-Latourrette.Brother Victor-Antoine is the best-selling author of several cookbooks from his monastery kitchen. Sacred Feasts focuses on using seasonal fresh fruits and vegetables to create inexpensive, delicious, healthy, and beautiful vegetarian dishes to delight your family and friends. Recipes include simple and savory desserts, main dishes, and of course, entire meals to help celebrate feast days, family get-togethers, and to make even the most ordinary day special.This is the perfect recipe book for everyone who loves to cook and to use affordable, fresh, wholesome in-season fruits and vegetables that will please everyone!

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