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More copies of this ISBNThe Gourmet Slow Cooker: Simple and Sophisticated Meals from Around the Worldby Lynn Alley
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Although the slow cooker has experienced a renaissance over the past several years, the discriminating cook is still hard-pressed to find slow cooker recipes worthy of serving at a dinner party recipes that reflect concern about ingredients, flavors, and appearance. For these cooks, comes The Gourmet Slow Cooker, an upscale approach to this new-old phenomenon by author and food journalist Lynn Alley. With fresh ingredients and imaginative recipes, you can create delicious meals to serve with pride to your guests. Drawn from slow cooking traditions from around the world, the recipes include Lamb Shanks in Tomato Sauce from Greece; Apricot Chicken from India; Chicken Mole from Mexico; White Truffle Risotto from Italy; Provenćal Chicken Stew from France; and Potato, Cheddar, and Chive Soup from the United States. In keeping with the sophistication of the food, each recipe is accompanied by wine or beer suggestions. The slow cooker can be so much more than a repository for nacho cheese dip. Paired with The Gourmet Slow Cooker, your everyday dining will be elevated from the mundane to the gourmet, while freeing you from hours of hard work in the kitchen. A slow cooker book for discriminating cooks, with 16 full-color recipe photographs. Includes chapter introductions to each region, focusing on the slow-cooking traditions and techniques from that country, and local wine or beer suggestions for all 60 recipes. According to a study by the Betty Crocker Kitchens, 80 percent of U.S. households have a slow cooker.
Review:"Go ahead and sneer. I love my slow cooker....Even food snobs like me are realizing their potential, albeit a little later than the more than perhaps 100 million Americans who already own one." Mark Bittman, New York Times
Synopsis:The slow, cooker can be so much more than a repository for nacho cheese dip--use it to raise the standards of your everyday dining from the mundane to the gourmet. The Gourmet Slow Cooker bring an upscale approach to this new-old phenomenon; using fresh ingredient in imaginative recipes that you can create all during a day's work. Focusing on traditional one pot meals from various cultures, recipes such as Apricot Chicken from India. Mole Poblano from Mexico Neopolitan Truffle Risotto from Italy, and Boston Baked Beans from the United States are delicious meals truly fit to serve guests.
Synopsis:An upscale approach to the slow cooker phenomenon, with an emphasis on fresh ingredients in imaginative recipes.
About the AuthorLynn Alley is a freelance food and wine journalist interested in traditional foods and techniques from around the world. The author of Lost Arts, she has contributed articles to Fine Cooking, Cook’s Illustrated, the San Francisco Chronicle, and Appellation magazine. She frequently writes for Wine Spectator and its website. Alley has also taught classes at cooking schools around the United States. She resides in San Diego, California.
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