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Real Stew: 300 Recipes for Authentic Home-Cooked Cassoulet, Gumbo, Chili, Curry, Minestrone, Bouillabaise, Stroganoff, Goulash, Chowder, and Much More

Clifford A. Wright, Neverne Covington

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Total reviews: 11 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

THE ULTIMATE COMFORT FOOD BOOK--THE WRIGHT STUFF 5 out of 5 stars.
7 of 9 people found this review helpful.

This book, like all of Clifford Wright's books, is a pleasure and a treasure. The man is a genius. Most of the recipes are extremely easy and extremely delicious, like the Hungarian Smoked Sausage and Prune Stew, which has a total of 4 ingredients, including water (a garnish/enrichment adds 2 more). Wright makes the recipes easy by giving authentic ingredients but including substitutes that you can find in any market. For example, he says to use a prosciutto bone or a ham bone; goat milk or cow milk plus cream, etc. Many of the stews have only 3 or 4 ingredients after water and salt and pepper; many include ingredients that are just throw-ins that require no preparation, like olives, capers, tomato paste, nuts, or raisins. The more adventurous cook can try recipes that include things like preserved lemons--Wright tells you how to make them. He also makes the book idiot-proof with the organization: "Stews With Beef," "Stews With Pork," "Stews With Vegetables"--you get the idea. If you don't like some of the ingredients, you can substitute what you do like. You can't go wrong with Wright.

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In this book, the author takes cooks on a culinary voyage around the world to discover the favorite comfort foods of nearly 50 countries.

The Soup Bible

Debra Mayhew

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Total reviews: 16 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

For soup lovers 5 out of 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

This book has over 200 recipes. I have used many of the recipes and enjoyed most of them. I have given copies of the book to friends and other friends have chosen to buy this book after seeing it at my home. It is an essential book in my cooking book library.

none 1 out of 5 stars.
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i ordered this on 7/17/07 to date i am still waiting for this book. what is the problem?????????????????i see that the monies for this has
already been deducted from my account. i either want the book or a refund
this is the first time i have had a problem. i hope you can resolve this
issue. i really wanted this book and hope it is still available. thank
you for your immediate attention to this matter
trish hine

Beautiful illustrations and wonderful recipes! 5 out of 5 stars.
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I found this book not only beautiful in its illustrations, but each and every soup receipe is mouth watering delicious!

Amazing.. 5 out of 5 stars.
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I love soup,it doesn't matter winter or summer time,I bought this book because of diversities.I found wonderful soup recipes all around the world. The book is in full color collection, which is good, every recipe has several picture and very easy to understand recipes.

Editorial Review:

A comprehensive introduction includes step-by-step recipes for creating the perfect stcok and suggests garnishes for a professional finish.

500 Soups: The Only Soup Compendium You'll Ever Need

Susannah Blake

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Total reviews: 4 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

One cookbook that truly lives up to its title! 5 out of 5 stars.
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A London-based food writer and editor, Susannah Blake's "500 Soups: The Only Soup Compendium You'll Ever Need" is one cookbook that truly lives up to its title! Featuring five hundred different kinds of soup, each with clear, easy-to-follow instructions that include tips on accompaniments, garnishes and toppings, "500 Soups" also includes an informative and comprehensive introductory section covering all the preparation and cooking in essentials such as soup-making techniques, equipment, soup stocks, and even troubleshooting. With variations on each of the showcased recipes and more than 120 full-color photographs illustrated a diverse variety of savory soups, "500 Soups" is a true gem of a cookbook and a welcome addition to personal and community library collections. It should also be noted that there are five other highly recommended '500' cookbook titles available from Sellers Publishing: "500 Chocolate Delights" (9781569069943, $15.95); "500 Pies & Tarts" (9781569069844, $15.95); "500 Appetizers" (9781569069769, $15.95); "500 Cupcakes" (9781569065976, $15.95); and "500 Cookies" 9781569065921, $15.95).

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This compendium is crammed with 500 mouthwatering soups and packed with inspirational ideas for every kind of soup, broth, bisque, chowder, potage, and consommé. Every page is filled with ideas and tips to ensure success. 500 Soups contains an irresistible collection of soups, broths, bisques, and chowders from sophisticated, chilled soups for summer and healthy soups for the body-conscious to hearty, warming feasts, smooth and creamy indulgences, and hot and fiery soups for the brave. With fabulous soups for every occasion, take your pick from cool and chilled, smooth and creamy, healthy and wholesome, meals in a bowl or soups that you can whip up in 20 minutes or less. With more than 500 recipes split into ten easy-to-use chapters, you are sure to find the perfect recipe whether it is for a laid-back lunch with friends and family, a soothing restorative, the ultimate in comfort food, a sophisticated starter, or just a simple supper.

Killer Chili: Savory Recipes from North America?s Favorite Chilli Restaurants: Savory Recipes from North America?s Favorite Chilli Restaurants

Stephanie Anderson

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'Killer Chili' should be on America's Most Wanted List! 5 out of 5 stars.
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We entertain a lot, and there is nothing better than a dish that lets friends help themself whenever they like. The variety in this book is so wonderful ~ delicious gems that are unique and delicious. Directions are simple and comprehensive - call me when you have a pot ready and I'll be right over with the Sangria!

Great Book, but 1 question 4 out of 5 stars.
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I have made a few basic chilis and they're great. I'm looking forward to the seafood chilis. I do have one question. Has anyone noticed the recipe that calls for 11 pounds of beef and 12 cups of beans, but only 1 onion. This looks incorrect to me. Anyone have any thoughts?

Editorial Review:

Killer Chili serves up the hottest chili recipes from 50 renowned restaurants in the US and Canada. This latest mouthwatering volume of the Killer series follows on the heels of the popular Killer Ribs and Killer Pies, and presents the best bowl-filling fare in North America. Filled with savory secret formulas, including a beer-laden chorizo sausage chili, a tempting Cape Cod seafood variety, a meatless Southwestern vegetable chili, and a rosemary-flavored Tuscan version, this cookbook contains old favorites, exotic new twists, and everything in between to satisfy any craving for a steaming bowl of red.

Food Made Fast: Soup (Williams-Sonoma)

Georgeanne Brennan

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very usable 5 out of 5 stars.
14 of 15 people found this review helpful.

Each delicious recipie has a picture and is made with a short list of normal inexpensive ingredients that you can actually find. There's a really good variety here, and there's only one in the whole book that I don't want to try. This book has inspired my family to have "soup night" at least one night each week. The section on soups to store is a great alternative to keeping over-salted canned soup in the pantry, providing a healthy quick meal for kids.

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Designed for the busy home cook, Food Made Fast is the latest collectible series from Williams-Sonoma. Using a straightforward approach to everyday cooking, Food Made Fast is about delicious food, simply prepared, with easy-to-follow recipes and tips. Each book emphasizes keeping a well-stocked pantry, planning ahead, and using fresh ingredients as the keys to cooking delicious meals with a minimum of time and effort. Dedicated to a single subject - from Soup to Pasta to Weeknight - each volume makes it simple to plan, cook, and enjoy great-tasting food throughout the week. The recipes are both simple and inspired, making quick cooking a truly satisfying experience.

Mollie Katzen's Recipes: Soups: Easel Edition

Mollie Katzen

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Solidly good vegetarian soups 3 out of 5 stars.
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Mollie Katzen's Recipes: Soups is produced in an interesting format. It's a small ring-bound book tucked into a board sleeve so it'll sit well on a shelf. Once you take the book out, you move a couple of things around, tuck one thing into another, and you end up with an easel. The idea is that you set it up so it only takes up a few inches of counter-space and your recipe ends up standing up in front of you, making it easy to read while you cook.

In this it works fairly well. The angle is fairly steep, so you'll need to set it down on a perfectly level surface or risk pages falling closed on you. I also felt that this worked better for cooking than for looking through the cookbook to find recipes, which was a bit more awkward. And once you've set it up as an easel, it'll never quite collapse back all the way again; while you can slip it into its sleeve to fit on a shelf, at least, it's still a bit awkward to work with in other ways. Other folks might find this format perfect; it just didn't quite work for me.

The handwriting font is attractive, but when it comes to cookbooks my personal preference is for something plain and clear. There are no photos, but I tend to think photos are pretty unnecessary with soups. The directions are clear and simple; these are not overly complex recipes.

The table of contents and index are quite handy; the ToC lists recipes in order, while the index lets you look for things by ingredient, both of which are useful.

It seemed to me that the flavors in these soups weren't balanced entirely well. Some seemed under-seasoned while others seemed over-seasoned. The spices in the curried squash soup smelled to-die-for while cooking, but the soup was flavored strongly enough that I found it a bit unpleasant, and that's unusual for me (I'm a flavor junkie!). I also found some of the soups didn't reheat very well (without mentioning this in the directions), which is a tad unusual for soups.

The soups aren't vegan, as a number of them use dairy, but it would be simple enough to substitute soy products and the like.


If you're die-hard looking for a source of healthy, vegetarian soups, this is certainly a good option. As a cookbook in general, however, I'd say it's good but not great. On the other hand, many of the things I wasn't so fond of will be taste-dependent.

Editorial Review:

Mollie Katzen has been credited with moving vegetarian cooking from the fringes of American society onto mainstream dinner tables, and her celebrated soups have been mainstays for vegetarian and nonvegetarian home cooks alike for decades. Marking the 30th anniversary of her enormously popular MOOSEWOOD COOKBOOK, this charming easel-backed cookbook brings together her classic hot and chilled soups, along with some new and tasty recipes, for the first time. Each recipe is lovingly hand-lettered and illustrated with Mollie's distinctive pen-and-ink drawings, making this timeless soup collection the perfect kitchen countertop companion.

50 Chowders: One Pot Meals - Clam, Corn, & Beyond

Jasper White

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When most of us think of chowder, New England-style fish or clam chowder is what comes to mind, but they are only two of the dozens of home-style chowders you can make from this book. Once you discover the diversity of ingredients you can cook into a chowder and see the scope of styles and colors open to you, you will wonder how we ever came to think there were only one or two chowders in the world.

Authentic chowder is characterized by generous chunks of local seasonal ingredients served in a moderate amount of broth. Another basic characteristic of chowder is its ease of preparation -- even chowders that take more than an hour to make don't require anything more than keeping an eye on the pot. A big pot of chowder is perfect for a large gathering of family and friends, and because chowder truly is best when made ahead, you'll have plenty of time to enjoy your company.

50 Chowders is the first hardcover cookbook to explore the many interpretations of chowders. On the familiar side, you will find a recipe for Corn Chowder explained with the kind of detail that ensures a sweet, mellow broth, succulent chunks of potatoes, and fresh golden kernels of corn. On the exotic side, there is a recipe for San Francisco Crab "Meatball" Chowder, an exciting dish whose deep and robust flavors make it really quite special. Here are a few of the more than fifty other chowders you will find: Shaker Fresh Cranberry Bean Chowder, Nova Scotia Lobster Chowder, Nantucket Veal Chowder, Pacific Northwest Salmon Chowder, and nine different clam chowders.

Among this book's unique features: A chapter of chowder companion dishes, from Parker House Rolls to Buttermilk Biscuits; more than fifty illustrations of important cooking techniques and chowder ingredients; cook's notes for each recipe, giving possible substitutions, required equipment, and serving suggestions; a list of reliable mail-order suppliers of seafood and other chowder ingredients.

Jasper White brings to 50 Chowders the same enthusiasm and flair that made his previous book, Lobster at Home, "like having a Down Easter by your side, distilling years of experience and telling you just what to do" (Corby Kummer of The Atlantic Unbound). With this treasure trove of information and expertise in your kitchen, you will never think of chowder in the same way again.

The Everything Soup Cookbook (Everything Series)

B. J. Hanson, Jeanne Hanson

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Recipes for 300 different kinds of homemade soup 5 out of 5 stars.
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The Everything Soup Cookbook offers the kitchen cook "kitchen friendly" recipes for 300 different kinds of homemade soup. Nicely organized into vegetable and pasta soups; meat soups and stews; bean, grain, and nut soups; fruit soups; cold soups; and soup accompaniments, these are easy-to-prepare recipes that can be created using everyday ingredients commonly found in any kitchen pantry. From Chicken and Coconut Soup; Beef and Onions in Red Wine Soup; and Italian Cheese Soup; to Black Bean Soup with Curry; Potato and Vegetable Chowder; and Cauliflower Soup with Coriander, The Everything Soup Cookbook is a useful and welcome addition to the kitchen cookbook collection.

Editorial Review:

Using simple instructions and clear explanations, this comprehensive cookbook serves up 300 delicious traditional and creative soup recipes. From chicken noodle to chowder, readers will find original recipes for all of their favorite soups, stews, and chilis. Featuring all of the essential cooking techniques and ingredients, The Everything "RM" Soup Cookbook gives foolproof instructions and professional tips for creating mouthwatering soups for any occasion. From filling soups that work as complete meals to delicate broths and basic stocks, The Everything "RM" Soup Cookbook overflows with easy recipes that can be made with everyday ingredients found in any pantry. Featuring: -- Vegetable and pasta soups -- Meat soups and stews -- Bean, grain, and nut soups -- Fruit soups -- Cold soups -- Soup accompaniments

Mollie Katzen's Recipes: Salads (Mollie Katzen Easel Editions)

Mollie Katzen

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Credited with moving vegetarian cooking from the fringes of society to mainstream dinner tables, Mollie Katzen has proved that there's more to salad than tossed greens. With fresh fruits and vegetables, pungent cheeses, beans, oils, herbs, and nuts, a salad can be a hearty meal in itself. Celebrating "The Moosewood Cookbook's" 30th anniversary, the latest addition to the "Mollie Katzen's Recipes" series brings together her classic salad combinations from Moosewood and Enchanted Broccoli Forest in a convenient easel book format.

Chili Madness: Second Edition

Jane Butel

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Total reviews: 8 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

Beloved chili. Passionate chili. Hot chili . . . and not just because of the chiles. Chili, the star of cook-offs, the obsession of societies, and the subject of endless debate over its proper preparation. Has there ever been a better time to be a chili head? A well-stocked supermarket today carries a variety of fresh and dried chiles, fresh cilantro, myriad dried and canned beans, chipotle powder, and all the makings for sides and salsas, from tortillas in the refrigerator case to organic avocados. Jane Butel's Chili Madness has been praised as "an elegant celebration" (Travel + Leisure) that "chile lovers will love" (New York Post), it's the spicy bestseller with over 330,000 copies in print.

Extensively revised, updated, and expanded, the book will fire up a whole new generation of chili fanatics. Of the 160-plus recipes, more than 130 are brand-new. Here are classics, including Reno Red and Navajo Green and Buzzard’s Breath Chili, as well as newfangled bowls like Moroccan Chili and White Lobster Chili. To accompany the main event are savory breads (Bacon Crumble Cornbread); tempting sidekicks (Hot ’n’ Spicy Okra, Red Hot Sweet Potato Lace); fire-taming salads (Crispy Cilantro Coleslaw); and margaritas, of course. (Six kinds!) Luscious desserts such as Double Chocolate Farmer’s Cakes provide the perfect sweet ending, while chili leftovers are reinvented in crowd-pleasers like Texas-Style Burritos.