Mary Engelbreit's Dining Out Cookbook
Author: Mary Engelbreit
Mary Engelbreit knows that one of the sweetest pleasures of warm weather iseating outdoors. Created to help every cook and host prepare for warm-weather occasions, Mary Engelbreit's Dining Out Cookbook offers more than 100 recipes-many with several variations-for appetizers, salads, side dishes, sandwiches, main courses, desserts, and summer drinks. The food-fresh, inventive, easy to prepare-samples from the best flavors of the season, and much of the cooking takes advantage of the best tool for outdoor entertaining, the grill. Included are both classic all-American favorites such as lobster rolls, slaw, burgers, b.l.t.'s, blueberry tarts, all prepared with a twist and the most flavorful ingredients, as well as dishes infused with the spicy flavors of Thailand, Mexico, and Morocco. Throughout the book are preparation tips, menu suggestions, and countless imaginative ideas for making weeknight dinners or weekend parties as memorable and easy as possible. Forty-five beautiful full-color photographs show delectable finished dishes and unexpected settings for entertaining, like a potting-shed buffet or a Fourth of July dessert cartimprovised in a vintage red wagon. Mary Engelbreit's charming illustrations enliven every page with the spirit of summer fun.
Children's Literature
Dining out in this visually delectable cookbook means warm weather fare for your pleasure while dining outdoors. Between the highly colored endpapers that are textured to look and feel like old fashioned oilcloth on well-worn picnic tables, the reader will be boggled by 111 recipes (or more depending on how you count the variations) with decorative borders and full-color photos on facing pages. Recipes are supplemented by suggestions for themed parties like cocktails alfresco, a company picnic, a potting-shed buffet or a Fourth of July dessert party, all distinguished from recipe pages by full borders. There is a decided emphasis on fresh and local ingredients and eye-pleasing presentations for a wide variety of picnic favorites like deviled eggs, chicken wings, corn on the cob and potato salad. But wait! There's more! Quesadillas, Portobello burgers, grilled scallops jostle for your gustatory attention along with grilled pineapple, upside-down cake, and scrumptious salads to fill the table. If you "ate out" every night of summer with this cookbook, you'd probably die of sheer joy from the variety. You would be praying for rain so you could eat leftovers, I bet. As always, with Engelbreit's books, the first feast is for the eyes while you romp through the pages of the book, choosing a recipe. As with all her cookbooks, this one is 10"x10" and includes an index. Reviewer: Gwynne Spencer
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Best Diet on Earth
Author: Linda Levy
Get a life, a healthy one, by embracing the Dash Diet (The Best Diet on Earth), a medically sound, simple way to lower blood pressure, prevent disease, lose weight, and yes, eat well. What's the deal? Eat more fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and low-fat dairy -- and get moving!
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