The Way We Cook: Recipes from the New American Kitchen - Hardcover

Julian, Sheryl; Riven, Julie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0618171495 ISBN 13: 9780618171491

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2003

Synopsis

The weekly food columnists for the Boston Globe present 250 simple recipes that reflect American food tastes and lifestyle today, in a collection that includes such options as Chicken Roasted on a Bed of Apples and Warm Gingerbread Cake with Blueberries.

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Review

The "we" of the The Way We Cook are authors Sheryl Julian and Julie Riven, cocreators of a widely popular Boston Globe food column. The book offers over 250 recipes for simple yet attractive fare that's rooted in American home cooking but which also satisfies worldly palates. Thus the couple provides recipes such as Grilled Chicken in Lettuce Leaves with Asian Vinaigrette, Braised Beef in Balsamic Vinegar, and Quick Fish Stew with Ginger and Thyme, while also offering recipes for too-good-to-mess-with favourites including Shrimp and Spanish Rice, Hot and Sour Soup, and a particularly good rendering of roast loin of pork with dry fruits. There's also a fine chapter on side dishes--don't miss the Crusty Smashed Potatoes--and sections on desserts including Sour Cream Coffee Cake, Congo Bars, Ice Cream Pie, and Julie's Mother's Apple Cake. Other cookbooks work the same territory that Julian and Riven do, but The Way We Cook offers exemplary taste, especially well-crafted recipes, and, perhaps above all, a keen response to the modern cook's need to make limited kitchen time count. -–Arthur Boehm, Amazon.com

Edition details

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0618171495
• ISBN 13: 9780618171491
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 388