Synopses & Reviews
"Impress for Less! is a valuable tool for every home cook; it will transform your kitchen into a 5-star restaurant."
—Patti LaBelle
100 Dazzling Recipes from Top Restaurants—Streamlined and Simplified
Hope Fox has been appearing on QVC for more than ten years, and she enjoys entertaining and eating at top restaurants. But she's regularly disappointed with cookbooks written by chefs, which often feature hard-to-find ingredients and complicated culinary techniques. Now Hope shows you how to re-create 100 impressive restaurant dishes without all the fuss, using supermarket ingredients and basic kitchen skills. The restaurants and chefs represented—ten each from ten top food cities—are among America's most celebrated, and their retooled starters and main dishes are guaranteed to wow any guest. To make the book even more useful, Hope gives the inside scoop on the chefs' tips and tricks, shares food definitions, and includes a source guide to give you many options to create each dish your way. This inspiring all-star cookbook will be an indispensable kitchen companion.
Prepare Dishes from These Famous Restaurants—at Home!
- Jöel (Atlanta)
- Radius (Boston)
- Spiaggia (Chicago)
- Tru (Chicago)
- Lucques (Los Angeles)
- Chef Allen's (Miami area)
- Commander's Palace (New Orleans)
- Aureole (New York)
- Gotham Bar & Grill (New York)
- Gramercy Tavern (New York)
- Jean Georges (New York)
- Le Bec-Fin (Philadelphia)
- Mary Elaine's at the Phoenician (Phoenix area)
- Michael Mina (San Francisco)
- Plus 86 more!
Synopsis
100 dazzling recipes from top American restaurants streamlined and simplified for home cooks
QVC host Hope Fox regularly eats at top restaurants, and she s regularly disappointed with cookbooks written by chefs, which often feature hard-to-find ingredients and complicated culinary techniques. Now Fox shows how to re-create 100 impressive restaurant dishes without all the fuss, using supermarket ingredients and basic kitchen skills. The restaurants represented 10 each from 10 top food cities range from Jean Georges in New York, L Espalier in Boston, Vetri in Philadelphia, Joë l in Atlanta, and Chef Allen s outside Miami to Tru in Chicago, Commander s Palace in New Orleans, Mary Elaine s outside Phoenix, Valentino in Los Angeles, and The Dining Room in San Francisco.
Hope Fox (Bryn Mawr, PA) has been a host at QVC for seven years. She is an avid home cook with a passion for entertaining.
Synopsis
100 terrific recipes from top chefs and restaurants around the country, simplified so readers can really make them at home with less time, less money, and less hassle.
Synopsis
In this book, I'm embarking on a different path, focusing on finding recipes that preserve the tastes and memories of a long-departed place.-Greg Patent
A Baker's Odyssey is a rich collection of recipes and culinary history, all gleaned from Patent's exhaustive research in the American home kitchens of immigrants from around the world. Through his travels across the country, Patent learned the secrets to traditional baked goods originating from thirty-two different nations. From Scotland and Austria to India and Thailand to Mexico, Norway, and West Africa, the recipes represent the best of each culture's beloved culinary traditions. Chapters are organized by categories of baked goods, and include Fried Pastries and Doughs, Flatbreads and More, Savory Pastries, Sweet Pastries, Savory Yeast Breads and Pies, Sweet Yeast Breads, Cookies and Cookie-Like Pastries, and Dessert Cakes, Tortes, and Pies. Patent provides detailed information on the origin of each recipe and its ingredients, and gives a real sense of the cultural heritage behind each dish. Recipes are easy enough for home cooks of any level to master, and include everything from Jewish Matzoh, Eastern European Rugelach, and Sweet Irish Soda Bread to Russian Meat Piroshki, Italian Pignoli Cookies, and Chinese-Style Almond Sponge Cake. The book is accompanied by an hour-long DVD in which Patent provides hands-on instruction in making Strudel, Pretzels, Cannoli, Kransakake, and much more.
Synopsis
How would you like to serve up five-star restaurant food at your next dinner party? QVC personality Hope Fox makes it possible with this one-of-a-kind cookbook, which shares amazing recipes from 100 top restaurants across the country—ten each from ten top food cities. Best of all, Fox has streamlined and simplified all of the recipes so you can easily prepare them in your own kitchen, using basic equipment and supermarket ingredients.
The book is brimming with impressively delicious starters and main courses—Braised Duck Legs with Asian Spices from Jean Georges in New York, Seared Scallops with Tomato Beurre Blanc from Restaurant Michael Mina in San Francisco, and Chicory Coffee Lacquered Game Hens from Commander's Palace in New Orleans, to name just three. With dishes like these, plus 97 more from restaurants like Spaggia in Chicago, Jöel in Atlanta, and Lucques in Los Angeles, itll be a cinch to impress your dinner party guests—for less!
About the Author
HOPE FOX is a media personality who works extensively in television, radio, and print. For more than ten years she has been appearing on the world's largest and most successful electronic retailer, QVC, presenting a broad array of products, including cookware, tabletop, and health and beauty to an audience of approximately 90 million households. She is an avid home cook who learned to entertain from her mother, who taught her to cook with love, or not at all. Passionate about food, Fox loves to share her recipes with family and friends.
Table of Contents
Introduction.
Atlanta.
Boston.
Chicago.
Los Angeles.
Miami.
New Orleans.
New York City.
Philadelphia.
Phoenix.
San Francisco.
Index.