Secrets from a Caterer's Kitchen: The Indispensable Guide for Planning a Party
Author: Nicole Aloni
From the author of Secrets from a Caterer's Kitchen, the only 55 recipes you'll ever need to entertain with style and confidence.
Features:
*55 essential dishes with lots of variations for every occasion
*38 versatile menus-from casual meals to elegant repasts
*The basics of how to roast, grill, or steam meat, fish, and vegetables
*From napkins to utensils-what every home entertainer needs
*Hints and tips from the professionals to make every gathering as much a pleasure for the host as it is for the guests
*Crowd favorites and exotic cocktails
*Expert wine selections
Author Biography: Nicole Aloni, author of Secrets from a Caterer's Kitchen, is a 15-year catering pro whose sold-out cooking classes are held throughout the country. She's appeared on local and national television and radio, including the Food Network. She lives, cooks, and entertains in southern California.
Publishers Weekly
lear and spirited guide..with easy, surefire recipes. A lifesaver for the novice...practical for even the most experienced party-giver.
Decor & Style Magazine
Aloni's book is funny, practical and creative..the bible on entertaining. All 150 recipes sound divine. Includes party themes.
Internet Book Watch
The author's spent over twenty years catering major events: her experience lends to a guide which tells how to plan menus for both large and small gatherings, how to entertain under a variety of conditions, and how to create festive occasions. The party recipes here are packed with ideas and while dishes lack colorful photos, the advice is solid and the relatively simple dishes don't need much embellishment.
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3 Bowls: Vegetarian Recipes from an American Zen Buddhist Monastery
Author: Seppo Ed Farrey
3 BOWLS presents the outstanding vegetarian specialties that draw thousands of visitors each year to Dai Bosatsu Zendo, a traditional Zen monastery in New York's Catskill Mountains. From Sesame Crepes with Portobello Mushrooms in Port Cream Sauce and Spaghetti with Chipotle and Garlic to Coconut-Pecan Carrot Cake with Orange Cream-Cheese Frosting, these recipes are deftly creative, yet all are simple to prepare.
Publishers Weekly
Here is a cookbook with an unusual goal--to simultaneously excite the taste buds and calm the mind. The authors succeed on the strength of their sincerity: Farrey is the tenzo (head chef) at Dai Bosatsu Zendo, a Zen Buddhist monastery located in New York's Catskill Mountains, and O'Hara is a meditation group leader. Together, they have pulled together a collection of eclectic vegetarian (and some vegan) recipes that reflect love and respect for good food as well as for the spiritual life. The book's title refers to the traditional way in which meals are served at Zen monasteries--a large bowl of rice, noodles or other grain food serves as the base of the meal, accompanied by a medium bowl of stew or soup and a small bowl of salad or vegetables. The section of rice recipes presents a study in Zen-like contradictions with offerings such as Japanese-inspired Shiitake Rice, Southern-style Spicy Rice Bake with Black-Eyed Peas, Collard Greens and Sweet Potatoes, and Mushroom and Sun-Dried Tomato Risotto. Curries and quinoa often form second bowl recipes, and a selection of salads and dressings fill the third. The book starts with breakfast rice and porridge recipes and ends, of course, with desserts, such as Double-Berry Poached Pears. Interspersed among the recipes are short meditations on work, food and life at the monastery, which are complemented by Asian brush calligraphy illustrations by Eido Tai Shimano Roshi, the monastery's abbot. This is a lovely book for those interested in nourishing body and soul. (June) Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.|
"This gem of a book, with its delicious recipes, charming and wise reflections, and bold calligraphy, is one to savor and treasure."--Nina Simonds, author of A SPOONFUL OF GINGER and CLASSIC CHINESE CUISINE
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