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Constant Chatter Shopping Center - A Slob in the Kitchen
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List Price: $23.00
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Manufacturer: Clarkson Potter
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.555
EAN: 9781400051151
ISBN: 1400051150
Label: Clarkson Potter
Manufacturer: Clarkson Potter
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: 2004-06-29
Publisher: Clarkson Potter
Release Date: 2004-06-29
Studio: Clarkson Potter
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Editorial Reviews:
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Are you looking for a cookbook that will challenge your kitchen skills and food knowledge, spurring you on to ever greater feats of culinary leger-demain with creations that will leave your guests gasping in astonishment and weeping with gratitude? A Slob in the Kitchen, then, is not the book for you. If, on the other hand, you are looking for a cookbook that acknowledges that the best recipes are those that get you in and out of the kitchen unscathed and produce something that tastes exactly like food—you’ve found your new bible.
A Slob in the Kitchen is a book “for the host who isn’t afraid to crack a few eggs, crack a few jokes, throw a few curves, cut a few corners, and have a few laughs,” says self-proclaimed slob Karen Duffy. Her wisenheimer cooking primer provides nearly two hundred simple and completely approachable recipes that are so foolproof even a monkey could make them, yet are good enough to serve anytime, anywhere.
Need some easy eats for a cocktail get-together? Try Buffalo-Style Shrimp or Fiesta Like There Is No Manaña Guacamole. Have hungry kids to appease? Throw them some Peanut Butter and Jelly Sushi or let them burn off some energy with Kick-the-Can Ice Cream. In a retro mood? Check out the selection of Kitsch-en Classics for Spinach Quiche, just like Mom used to serve her bridge club. These recipes may not win you a spot on Iron Chef, but they will put a smile on the face of everyone you serve them to—and isn’t that why you cook in the first place? With Duffy as your guide you’ll be turning out soups, salads, entrées, desserts, and more—all without breaking a sweat or setting foot in a fancy-pants gourmet grocery. You’ll even pick up some cooking shortcuts and fun food trivia that make the whole process of getting food on the table that much more enjoyable.
So if you’re finally ready to put down that takeout menu, toss the frozen entrées, and pick up a wooden spoon, take heart: A Slob in the Kitchen is the culinary Rosetta stone you’ve been waiting for, an empowering and entertaining introduction to the pleasures of presenting homemade fare without the angst.
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Summary: An every day help!
Comment: I'll admit - I'm a good cook. I can grind my own meats, make my own jams and even make my own potsticker wrapers from scratch.
But geez, I don't want to do that EVERYDAY!
This book, while not for professional chefs, gets kudos from me as it addresses a huge fact of life - you need to feed people everyday, sometimes three times day, while doing things other than cooking. You need easy tasty recipes. This book has 'em.
So for the reviewers who are concerned it's not "haute" enough - it's not. That's not it's job. But it will get you through life and kids and husbands and work without resorting to mixes or prefab junk. It's real. Nuff said!
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Summary: You need to own this book
Comment: Duff rocks as usual! This is such a great book. Again, Duff uses her hysterical sense of humor, but this time in a cookbook....a perfect gift for anyone!...love it!
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Summary: Hungry, need a laugh? BUY THIS BOOK!
Comment: Wit, wisdom, and great looks - Ms. Duffy has it all. Her latest book will make you laugh AND make your place smell great. Stop reading and buy this damn book!
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Summary: duck soup is good food
Comment: she's funny. no, really. and the recipes are easy to make and delicious. I'm eating the guacamole as we speak. The only thing I really like to make is a phone call for restaurant reservations or delivery service. the tone makes it less intimidating to try the dishes, and the book is fun to read. i have about eleven high end cookbooks in my kitchen collecting dust. highly recommend.
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Summary: The Duff is Tuff!
Comment: I had the pleasure of briefly speaking to Ms. Duffy this morning in a neighborhood eatery. I approached her to compliment her on her creative recipes and she just lit up like a beautiful Christmas tree. She couldn't have been more gracious about being interrupted during her repast. I've been a fan of hers since her early days and am happy to know that at least we have kitchen-slobbery in common.
Copies of this book are going to be my gifts to all my friends until everyone has one or I run out of friends, whichever comes first.
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