How to cook without a book : recipes and techniques every cook should know by heart / Pam Anderson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anderson, Pam, 1957-

Contributor:

Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Culinary Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quick and easy cooking.

Penn Provenance:

Blank, Fritz (bookplate) (donor)

Physical Description:

290 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Broadway Books, 2000.

Summary:

Anderson teaches a modern version of the lost art of cooking by heart. "How to Cook Without a Book" gives every cook the confidence to whip up delicious meals without making a special trip to the grocery store or deciphering long-winded, complicated recipes. Illustrations.

Contents:

Right stuff: stocking the refrigerator, freezer, and pantry

Whack and toss salads

Paired salads: hold the lettuce

Vinaigrette: Single vegetable's best bet

One easy formula, many supper soups

Quick in a cup, puréed vegetable soups

Big fat omelet

Big and bigger frittata

Simple tomato sauce, scores of possibilities

Pasta with vegetables: Firm vegetables, Leafy greens, Tender vegetables

Weeknight ravioli and lasagna: Quick ravioli, Quick lasagna

Weeknight stir-fries

More asian fast food: lo mein, fried rice, and pad thai

If you've made one sauté, you've made them all: Chicken cutlets, Turkey cutlets, Boneless pork chops, Fish fillets, Duck breasts, Pan sauces, Relishes

If you can sauté, you can sear: Steak, Hamburger, Pork tenderloin, Salmon, Fish steaks, Scallops, Flavored butters

No-hassle roast chicken dinner

and quick chicken salad

Steam/sautéed vegetables

Steam/sautéed tender greens

One potato, two potato, three potato, four: the cake, the bake, the mash, the roast

Simple ways with simple sides: Rice, Orzo, Polenta, Couscous

Spur-of-the-moment appetizers: the simplest, fruit and vegetable bases, a little something more

Just desserts: Puff pastry: your new best friend, assemble-and-serve desserts

Menus at-a-glance.

Local Notes:

Blank Collection copy has dust-jacket retained.

Blank Collection copy has bookplate of Chef Fritz Blank.

ISBN:

0767902793

9780767902793

OCLC:

42397193

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