NATHALIE DUPREE'S MATTERS OF TASTE

by Nathalie Dupree ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 16, 1990

Television cook and cookbook author Dupree (her 1986 book, New Southern Cooking, matched a TV series of the same name) now launches another book-and-TV pairing, this one reflecting the new, dumbed-down American eclecticism that's been turning up in so many ""easy"" cookbooks. The book is arranged as a series of menus for entertaining. Among the most hybrid is a meal based on ""Tipsy Fajitas"" (""oriental in bias"") that are made with teriyaki sauce and served with curled scallions and several sauces, including pico de gallo and a choice of sesame-ginger-flavored ""Marco Polo"" sauce or pesto. Other menus include unnecessary recipes for plain and basic foods (peanut-butter sandwiches; boiled lobster) along with gimmicks such as ""mint julep meatloaf"" made with curry powder, chile sauce, bourbon, and mint. The menus come with bland and pointless personal chats and anecdotes that even a sparkling TV personality would have trouble making interesting.

Pub Date: March 16, 1990

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Knopf

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Feb. 15, 1990

Categories: NONFICTION