Synopses & Reviews
Pressed for time but still searching for comfort from your kitchen?
Ready When You Are offers more than 200 recipes for dishes that are easy on the cook and a joy for eaters.
Drawing on her many years of cooking for friends and family, Martha Rose Shulman shares her favorite recipes for simple yet sophisticated, hearty but not heavy one-dish meals. Most can be made hours or even days in advance and, because they are cooked and brought to the table in the same dish, serving, cleanup, and storing leftovers is no trouble at all.
Based on traditional home cooking from around the world, this is comfort food at its bestTuscan White Beans with Sage and Sausage, Chicken Pot Pie, Vietnamese Beef and Noodle Soup, savory gratins and ragouts, creamy risottos, and “The Easiest Chocolate Mousse in the World.” Many of the most flavorful and satisfying dishes in the book are vegetarian, including Turkish Summer Vegetable Stew and Zucchini, Potato, and Artichoke Moussaka. Each of the recipes includes information about how long leftovers will keep, along with ideas and companion recipes for transforming them into something new. Yesterdays bouillabaisse, for example, becomes todays pilaf, while diced beef from a pot-au-feu forms the base for a delicious salad for the next days lunch.
Whether youre cooking a hearty family meal, planning a dinner party, or making a simple after-work supper, Ready When You Are is filled with exceptional, undemanding recipes and strategies for getting the most satisfaction from your time in the kitchen.
Synopsis
For more than 20 years, cookbook author Martha Rose Shulman has been giving cooks what they want and need in the kitchen. Now, Shulman turns her thoughts to comfort food. Ready When You Are offers more than 200 recipes for dishes that are easy on the cook and a joy for eaters. In a book that belongs on everyone's cookbook shelf, Martha Rose Shulman draws on her many years of cooking for friends and family to share her favorite recipes for simple yet sophisticated, hearty but not heavy, one-dish meals. Most of the recipes can be made hours or even days in advance, and, because they are cooked and brought to the table in only one pot or dish, serving, cleanup, and storing leftovers is no trouble at all. Based on traditional home-cooking from around the world, this is comfort food at its best--beef stewed in red wine; chicken braised with lots of peppers, onions, and garlic; vegetable pot pies and ragouts; creamy risottos; and "The Easiest Chocolate Mousse in the World." Each of the recipes includes information about how long leftovers will keep, along with ideas and recipes for transforming them into something new, Yesterday's bouillabaisse, for example, can become today's pilaf, while diced beef from a pot-au-feu forms the base of a delicious next-day salad.
Synopsis
For more than 20 years, cookbook author Shulman has been giving cooks what they want and need in the kitchen. Now, she turns her thoughts to comfort food. 200 recipes.
Table of Contents
Hearty soups -- Meat stews and braises -- Chicken and rabbit -- Vegetable and bean stews, cobblers, and pot pies -- Gratins and casseroles -- Fisherman's soups and stews -- Savory tarts, tortes, and pies -- Rice, stir-fries, and couscous -- Some comforting desserts -- Some basic techniques and recipes.