An exciting, essential volume that delivers on every front.
Based on the premise that newlyweds often don't have a clue how to use their wedding-registry kitchen-ware, this scrumptious debut cookbook tackles the ins and outs of cooking as a couple.
Real-life couple Daily News columnist Parkhurst (Belle in the Big Apple, 2008) and chef Briscione (winner of the Food Network series Chopped) reveal not just their own expertise but an endearing empathy for kitchen novices. The authors open with a section that covers kitchen-equipment essentials, advice on how to organize a kitchen drawer, pair wine with food and set a table for events ranging from backyard barbecues to champagne brunches. Next up, easily mastered yet delicious and even quite sophisticated recipes for all occasions. Sidebars provide tips on preparing unusual ingredients that would otherwise stump amateurs. How else to make the beurre noisette on which their recipe for Autumn Vegetable Puree depends? Throughout the book, Parkhurst and Briscione build culinary confidence and embolden even the most timid greenhorn to take the plunge with dishes like Broccoli Rabe and Ricotta Bruschetta and Bourbon Cured Trout. Cooks content to stick with the tried-and-true will find new twists on old classics—e.g., Brooke's Best Lemon Bars. Foodie anecdotes add spice, and there is even a splash of food history. But it is the authors' tricks-of-the-trade advice that adds most to this perfect Mint Julep of a book—and yes, that recipe is here, too.
An exciting, essential volume that delivers on every front.Pub Date: May 1, 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4391-6998-8
Page Count: 352
Publisher: Scribner
Review Posted Online: March 21, 2011
Kirkus Reviews Issue: April 1, 2011
Stricter than, say, Bergen Evans or W3 ("disinterested" means impartial — period), Strunk is in the last analysis...
Privately published by Strunk of Cornell in 1918 and revised by his student E. B. White in 1959, that "little book" is back again with more White updatings.
Stricter than, say, Bergen Evans or W3 ("disinterested" means impartial — period), Strunk is in the last analysis (whoops — "A bankrupt expression") a unique guide (which means "without like or equal").Pub Date: May 15, 1972
ISBN: 0205632645
Page Count: 105
Publisher: Macmillan
Review Posted Online: Oct. 28, 2011
Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 1, 1972
This is not the Nutcracker sweet, as passed on by Tchaikovsky and Marius Petipa. No, this is the original Hoffmann tale of 1816, in which the froth of Christmas revelry occasionally parts to let the dark underside of childhood fantasies and fears peek through. The boundaries between dream and reality fade, just as Godfather Drosselmeier, the Nutcracker's creator, is seen as alternately sinister and jolly. And Italian artist Roberto Innocenti gives an errily realistic air to Marie's dreams, in richly detailed illustrations touched by a mysterious light. A beautiful version of this classic tale, which will captivate adults and children alike. (Nutcracker; $35.00; Oct. 28, 1996; 136 pp.; 0-15-100227-4)
Pub Date: Oct. 28, 1996
ISBN: 0-15-100227-4
Page Count: 136
Publisher: Harcourt
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 1996
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