Sensational Skillet or Yum

Sensational Skillet: Sautes and Stir Fries, Revised

Author: David DiResta

Sautéing-or stir-frying-simply means tossing food at high temperatures, with a very small amount of fat, in a good skillet or wok. It also means fast food that's delicious, quick to prepare and good for you. It's one of the fundamental ways of cooking food the world over, and The Sensational Skillet combines essential recipes, modern alternatives, and just plain good advice about this must-know cooking method.

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Yum!: Tasty Recipes from Culinary Greats

Author: Jeffrey Spear

Yum! Tasty Recipes from Culinary Greats is a collection of 100 wonderful recipes from more than sixty renowned chefs who share their personal favorites. Among the many contributors are Sara Moulton, Nick Malgeiri, Suvir Saran, and Jacques Torres in New York; Roy Yamaguchi, Elizabeth Falkner, Tom Douglas, Susan Feniger, Mary Sue Milliken, and Joanne Weir in the West; Charlie Trotter and Rick Bayless in the Midwest; Nathalie Dupree, Steven Raichlen, Michael Richard, and Jose Andres in the south; Susanna Foo in Philadelphia; Jodie Adams and Ana Sortun in Boston; and Susan Hermann-Loomis in France. The recipe are for appetizers, brunches, soups, salads, main courses, vegetables, deserts, and sauces.

Appetizers are Spicy Garlic & Lemon Crusted Shrimp, Oyster with Peas, Yogurt, Lemon and Altoids, and Braised Artichokes (in the Country/Roman Style).

Brunch recipes are Gruyere and Bacon Tart, Honey-Orange Pancakes, and Bread with Chocolate. Among the soups are Persian Pistachio Soup, West Indian Pumpkin Soup, and Ladies Thighs with Red Pepper Broth & Fresh Peas. Salads includes Cold-Poached Salmon with Hearts of Palm and Tamarind, Mango with Red Onion, and Watermelon and Green Tomato Salad.

Main Course recipes are Cranberry-Teriyaki Lamb Rack with Couscous Salad, Earl Grey Crusted Salmon, Roasted Balsamic-Glazed Chicken, Sugarcane Barbequed Duck, and Roast Pork Loin with Pomegranate, Orange, and Ginger.

Desserts include Margarita Cheesecake, Ginger Citrus Pumpkin Pie, and Apple Crostata with Walnuts and Tipsy Cream.

Yum! Tasty Recipes from Culinary Greats also includes a glossary of cooking terms andconversion tables for metric and imperial measures as well as temperatures. It is sponsored by Microplane, manufacturers of a wide range of culinary tools. All of the profits of the book have been assigned to the National Kidney Foundation.

Judith Sutton - Library Journal

Underwritten by Microplane, the company that manufactures a line of kitchen tools, including one of the best (if not the best) lemon zesters/graters available, this cookbook presents 100 recipes from chefs, cookbook authors, and other culinary stars. Contributors include Rick Bayless, Michel Richard, and Charlie Trotter, and the recipes (all of which use a zester/grater for at least one step) are accompanied by minibios and Q&As about their favorite foods and other such matters. With its wide-ranging recipes from an array of talented contributors, the book will appeal to ambitious home cooks-and it's for a worthy cause, too, as Microplane is donating all profits to the National Kidney Foundation. For most collections.