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Nuevo Tex-Mex: Festive New Recipes from Just North of the Border

Robb Walsh, David Garrido

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Total reviews: 7 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

deep in the heart of Tex-Mex 4 out of 5 stars.
8 of 9 people found this review helpful.

Being from San Antonio - I was a little sceptical when I checked this out from the library. I don't know about 'Nuevo' as a trend, but the book is a delight and I hadn't had it home for more than an hour or so before I was on Amazon ordering a copy. It is fun to read and fun to cook from and the whole layout of the book is a delight with fine color photographs.

Editorial Review:

Nuevo Tex-Mex cooking, the hottest new trend in Nuevo Latino cuisine, embraces and celebrates both its zesty Latin American flavors and no-nonsense Texas personality. This is hearty food for real people, people who are not afraid to drink a beer (or a shot of tequila) with a meal (even if it's breakfast) and get their hands a little messy. It's food that knows how to have fun without rolling in heavy ingredients. In Nuevo Tex-Mex, Texan chef David Garrido's hip and innovative recipes are presented by Texan food writer Robb Walsh with lots of humor and attitude, all photographed in vivid color and spectacular style by Texan photographer Manny Rodriguez. Even the book's designer is from Texas! This is absolutely the best thing to come along since ice cold beer, tortilla chips, and guacamole.

Best of the Best from Idaho Cookbook: Selected Recipes from Idaho's Favorite Cookbooks (Best of the Best State Cookbooks)

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Editorial Review:

Best of the Best from Idaho Cookbook invites you to recreate in your own kitchen the cooking style that is uniquely Idaho. From robust Thunder Mountain Turkey Soup to divine Lemon Mousse with Raspberry Puree, enjoy all the most sought-after recipes from fifty-three of the state's leading cookbooks. You'll discover Idaho has a taste all its own when you prepare stick-to-your-ribs dishes like Idaho Buckaroo Beans and Mining Camp Spare Ribs, terrific wild game such as Papa's Favorite Trout, and Dutch oven favorites like Mountain Man Breakfast and Camas Creek Carrot Cake.

Best of the Best from Idaho Cookbook was created and edited with the everyday cook in mind. Each recipe is a guaranteed winner. A peek inside reveals what makes this an essential cookbook for your collection:

- Some 350 of Idaho's favorite recipes are included.
- Contributing cookbooks are listed with ordering information.
- A cross-referenced index makes finding recipes simple and easy.
- Recipes are easy to follow as well as edited for clarity and taste.
- Photographs, illustrations and interesting facts about the state take you on a tour of Idaho.

Best of the Best from Idaho Cookbook is the latest volume in the acclaimed Best of the Best State Cookbook Series.

Beyond Burlap: Idaho's Famous Potato Recipes

Kathleen Marion Carr

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Total reviews: 3 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Best potato cookbook I have ever read! 5 out of 5 stars.
7 of 7 people found this review helpful.

Beyond Burlap has an excellent assortment of potato recipes! I never knew there were so many ways to prepare a potato! The Potato Mocha Poundcake is my favorite. The stories and fun potato tidbits make Beyond Burlap a fun cookbook to own!

All potato lovers should own this book!

This book is the BEST!! 5 out of 5 stars.
5 of 5 people found this review helpful.

My brother sent me a copy of Beyond Burlap for my birthday. I fell in love with this cookbook. Now, I send it to all my friends who have ever asked what can I make with potatoes. It is very complete and appeals to all tastes and ages. A perfect gift for anyone!

Potato Heads 5 out of 5 stars.
4 of 5 people found this review helpful.

Outstanding book that would be even better with pictures.

Entertaining in the Northwest Style: A Menu Cookbook

Greg Atkinson

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great meal ideas and recipes 4 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

I love Greg Atkinson's writing style and his approach to food. Simple, innovative and comforting. His prose and life anecdotes are wonderful.
The recipes range from simple to sophisticated, but are eminently doable.
The stories that accompany each menu really set the scene.

Editorial Review:

This colorful cookbook captures the contemporary Northwest lifestyle with an array of thematic menus: sophisticated beach picnics, a spring meal to celebrate the return of the salmon, brunch aboard the cabin cruiser (just as delectable on land). Greg Atkinson’s uninhibited love of life and food shine through as he describes high tea in the garden or a dinner that draws luscious offerings from the Pike Place Market. The 14 menus capture the very essence of the statement, "Life is good." And how can it not be with fresh Kumamoto oysters from Puget Sound, or Copper River salmon from Alaska, or herbed and grilled leg of lamb? Each special menu consists of five to seven recipes that, served together, comprise a memorable culinary event. For example, Atkinson's menu for a romantic summer dinner includes "Matisse Bread" or Fougasse, Three Shellfish with Three Citrus Fruits, Provençale Chicken with Tomato and Orange, and Chocolate Marquis with Saffron Cream.

The Northwest Best Places Cookbook: Recipes from the Outstanding Restaurants and Inns of Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia

Lori McKean, Cynthia C. Nims

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Total reviews: 3 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Easy and Elegant! 5 out of 5 stars.
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Simple, elegant recipes that make a stunning meal. The herb baked salmon, asparagus linguine, and black mussel linguine were absolutely wonderful. Each dish had clear instructions and only required a few good ingredients.

A Great Northwest Cookbook 5 out of 5 stars.
4 of 6 people found this review helpful.

I recently got given this book, and I can see myself making most of the recipes in it as the first 3 have all been so successful. Great variety of recipes, good layout and directions, and the added bonus of a list of great Northwest Restaurant to try out when you don't fancy cooking!

Great for elite foodies, not so much for simple cooks 4 out of 5 stars.
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I like reading this book, a lot, and developing inspiration for dishes I'd like to prepare. As a resident of the Pacific Northwest, a lot of these dishes and their ingredients are readily available. However, I find that many of these recipes are just too out of reach for your standard American.

If you're someone who has visited many of these inns and restaurants and thought, "A ha! I can finally recreate recipe X!" then this is the book for you. I, however, was just looking for a cookbook that highlights our local cuisine but isn't too complicated. I got one, but not both.

Editorial Review:

As Northwest cuisine takes the country by storm, the venerable Northwest Best Places travel guide heads into the kitchen with this collection of 125 recipes from its star-rated establishments. The region's best chefs share their flavorful and unique adaptations of the Northwest's rich cornucopia of food stuffs from land and sea.

Caprial's Bistro Style Cuisine

Caprial Pence

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Total reviews: 6 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Practical step-by-step elegance! A must have! 5 out of 5 stars.
25 of 26 people found this review helpful.

This cookbook may look intimidating, but it's not! Great flavor and practicality that even the novice could learn. Dive in and your hooked on Caprial's style! I give this book as gifts and put sticky notes w/ my suggestions. I have about 25 cookbooks and this one is a favorite.

You'd better already know how to cook! 4 out of 5 stars.
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The recipes in this book are flavorful and imaginative and for that reason one can overlook the lack of specific direction or omitted steps that appear on nearly every page. That is, of course, unless you are a beginning or inexperienced cook. Watch out, for instance, that in the recipe for Pissaladiere, that you must add the proofed yeast into the flour, and that you must proof the dough again for 20 minutes or so before adding the topping. The topping calls for "10 whole shallots". Shallots have a tremendous range in size. What size or weight should we use? This book is definitely for someone who can call on their own cooking expertise to make up for the lack of specific information.

Editorial Review:

Pence, author of "Cooking with Caprial" and "Caprial's Bistro Favorites, " is back with more easy, delicious bistro-style dishes from her latest television series. Known for her winning style and ability to demystify the basics of fine cooking, her talents shine in this collection of 130 starters, entrees, and desserts. Illustrations.

Wandering & Feasting: A Washington Cookbook

Mary Houser Caditz

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Total reviews: 3 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Great Gift for Gourmets! 5 out of 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

This cook book is informative, useful, and inspiring. The recipes are yummy and well worth the effort. Be sure to try the Walnut Torte with Chocolate Glaze!

The book is divided into regions of Washington State, with an interesting narrative about each region in each section. There are historic photos, too, so Wandering and Feasting is a book to read, in addition to cook book as reference.

The presentation is crisp and appealing.

A great gift for gourmets, people who cook, NWophiles, and those who like to eat others' good cooking!

Unique Northwest Cuisine 5 out of 5 stars.
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Well written book with fascinating information about Washington State. The book includes recipes which highlight different regions in Washington. Ms. Caditz, a Washington native, weaves interesting stories and features throughout the book. A must have if you enjoy cooking and enjoy Northwest cuisine

An ideal and strongly recommended addition 5 out of 5 stars.
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Compiled and organized by Mary Houser Caditz, "Wandering & Feasting: A Washington Cookbook" offers more than two hundred tempting and tasty dishes reflecting the culinary heritage of Washington State. Spiral bound so as to lay flat upon the kitchen table or counter, "Wandering & Feasting is a regional collection organizing dishes from the Olympic Peninsula (Halibut with Macadamia Nut Crust; Whole Baked Salmon with Medley of Three Dill Sauces; Filet of Sole Turbans with Shrimp Sauce), Southwest Washington (Individual Salmon Wellingtons with Dijon Cream Sauce; Cream of Carrot Soup with Marsala; Chocolate Hazelnut Decadence with Rum Cream), North Puget Sound and San Juan Islands (Dungeness Crab Stuffed Mushroom Caps; Strawberries in Raspberry Sauce with Orange Cream; Easy Apple Raisin Chutney), Puget Sound (Fried Calamari in Beer Batter; Cheese Puffs with Smoked Salmon Filling; Steamed Clams with Tomatoes and Herbs), Cascades (Flank Steak with Blue Cheese, Mushroom and Sun-dried Tomato Stuffing; Baked Pears in Apple cider and Cinnamon; Trout with Chive Cream Sauce), Central Washington (Beef on Skewers with Peanut Sauce; Spinach Salad with Apples and Ginger Vinaigrette; Minted Cantaloupe Soup), and the Inland Empire (Venison with Juniper Berry Sauce; Bulgar Wheat Pilaf with Mushrooms; Asparagus napoleons with Orange Hollandaise Sauce). Occasionally illustrated with historical photography, and featuring appendices that include 'Basic Recipes', 'Low-Fat Suggestions', Glossary, 'Selected Bibliography', and an Index, "Wandering & Feasting" is an ideal and strongly recommended addition to any personal and family cookbook collection.

Savor Seattle: Recipes From 25 Of Seattle's Top Restaurants Accompanied By Wines From Northwest's Best Wineries (Savor Series)

Elizabeth Alain

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Best Places Seattle Cookbook: Recipes from the City's Outstanding Restaurants and Bars

Cynthia C. Nims, Kathy Casey

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Total reviews: 4 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

I am smitten 5 out of 5 stars.
5 of 9 people found this review helpful.

I am not a cook, but after reviewing this book, i really want to be, not to mention that the recipes left me salivating. It may not be a book for the complete beginner but with some enthusiasm, the recipes in this book are very do-able. The side essays written by kathy casey are funny and informative and both authors clearly try to make the recipes understandable and do-able for the home kitchen. I am smitten with my kitchen and the tasty treats i can make in it. Thanks to Kathy Casey and Cynthia Nims for their tempting inspirations!

Editorial Review:

With more than 200,000 copies sold, it's about time that Seattle's favorite guidebook dished up the best recipes from the city's hottest chefs. In Best Places Seattle Cookbook, all of Seattle's culinary stars are shining bright, bringing home cooks the flavors of this exciting food city. There's the Herbfarm's Jerry Traunfeld sharing his recipe for Pan-Fried Mussels on Rosemary Skewers, and favorites from Tom Douglas restaurants like Orcas Rack of Lamb with Spring Pea Flan and Cascade Morels (Dahlia Lounge). With 125 recipes and a chapter sodden with signature drinks, Best Places Seattle Cookbook will satisfy the hunger of food lovers near and far.

Butter Beans to Blackberries: Recipes from the Southern Garden

Ronni Lundy

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In this definitive cookbook, Ronni Lundy draws upon her Kentucky mountain roots and on the recipes and food passions of the fellow Southerners--from home cooks to a new generation of professional chefs--she has met in her extensive regional travels. Lundy cooks her way through the bounty of the Southern garden, from succulent purple speckled butter beans and lady cream peas to corn and greens, muscadines, Georgia peaches, figs, mayhaws, and watermelon. Her mouthwatering recipes include Crawfish Corn Cakes with Smoked Tomato Sauce, Warm Green Bean and Tommy-Toe Salad, Watermelon Salsa, Blackberry Cobbler, and Bourbon-Apricot-Cherry Stack Cake. She visits farm markets and festivals, finds heirloom-seed growers, and provides mail-order sources for everything from sweet-potato chips and old-fashioned whole heart grits to fiery-orange Honey Bells. Butter Beans to Blackberries is also a great guide for food-conscious visitors to a South that is rediscovering its culinary heritage.