Bon appétit every-night cooking / from the editors of Bon appâetit.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Laurie Burrows Grad Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dinners and dining.

Penn Provenance:

Grad, Laurie Burrows (donor)

Physical Description:

208 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Other Title:

Every-night cooking

Place of Publication:

New York : Clarkson Potter, [2001]

Summary:

Busy is a daily planner so packed with deadlines and meetings that there isn't time to get to the grocery store. Busy is a to-do list so long that dinner doesn't even merit a mention. Busy is a job, a home and a family. But busy doesn't have to mean that cooking every night is one more chore among the many you'd rather put off until tomorrow. With a little planning, a small leap of faith and this tempting collection of quick-cooking recipes that make the most of fresh, easy-to-find ingredients, dinner can be the highlight of your day.

Consider this book your everyday guide to every-night cooking, an indispensable tool to help you get from market to kitchen to dinner table simply and quickly. It's brimming with ideas for organizing your kitchen and streamlining the cleanup process. It's chockablock with do-ahead advice and ideas for substituting ingredients when others aren't available (either because of the season or because you're just too tired to go to the store). It's filled with menu suggestions, everything from instant side dishes to deceptively simple desserts. Mostly, though, it's packed with recipes that are delicious, kid-friendly and healthful.

Divided into three sections, the book opens with "The Survival Guide" -- the rules of the game, as it were, of cooking every night. Here, you'll find everything from a pantry list that will ensure your cupboard is never bare to a shopping guide that will both simplify how you shop and inspire you to try new places. In addition, there is a primer on planning meals and weeks of menus.

The book's big center section is called "Dinner Plans," 15 chapters organized by "kind" of meal and including Breakfast for Dinner: pancakes, French toast, omelets and more. Instant Stir-fries: quick combos that go from wok to plate in a flash. Dinner-in-a-Bowl Soups: comforting, quick-cooking and easy. Sandwich Suppers: burgers, heroes, wraps and then some. Baked Potatoes and Beyond: the fast-food favorite, made fresh and tasty. Good for You: healthful fare for leaner eating. Hot off the Grill: minutes over the coals to crisp, brown and delicious. Kid Fare, Plus: simple foods your children and you will love.

The recipes are, without exception, easy and delicious. They include menu ideas, do-ahead notes and suggested variations for ingredient substitutions. In addition, each chapter offers a relevant sidebar, with topics ranging from mix-and-match pastas (no recipe needed) to the vegetarian kitchen (what to keep on hand for meatless cooking).

At the end of the book, there's "Every-Night Extras," with chapters on snacks, treats for the lunch box, desserts that come together quickly and celebration dinners for those special occasions that just happen to fall during the week. It may be Wednesday, you can still cook up a feast with this book in hand. Over 170 recipes. A month's worth of menus. More than 20 full-page color photographs. Ideas, advice and inspiration -- it's all here in the one cookbook you really need to own.

Contents:

Stocking the Pantry 10

Storage 11

Budgeting How-tos 12

Menu Planning 14

Kidssentials 16

Cleanup Shortcuts 16

Grilling 101 17

Timesaving Techniques 17

Dinner Plans 18

Breakfast for Dinner 20

Instant Stir-fries 30

Quick Pastas 40

Big Salads 50

Dinner-in-a-Bowl Soups 60

Sandwich Suppers 70

Baked Potatoes and Beyond 80

Pizzas Better Than Delivered 90

Meatless Night 100

Good for You 110

Hot off the Grill 120

Make-ahead Casseroles 130

Fallback Favorites 140

Kid Fare, Plus 150

Sunday Cooking for Weekday Leftovers 160

Every-Night Extras 172

Fast Snacks 174

Lunch-Box Treats 180

Quick and Sweet 186

Special Nights 192.

Local Notes:

Presented to the Penn Libraries by Laurie Burrows Grad.

ISBN:

0609609211

OCLC:

45829508

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