| The authors of this book (former caterers and current food writers) provide new couples with the building blocks for cooking in a new home including equipment basics pantry essentials occasion-related menus and simple recipes for terrific dishes. There s a special section for getting food on the table FAST which includes Triple-Decker Pound Cake with Raspberries & Lemon Glaze Cumin-Crusted Halibut with Salsa Verde and Pasta with Roasted Red Bell Pepper Sauce. Some of the more involved recipes include Wild Mushroom Risotto and Grilled London Broil Fajitas. All in all the food is flavorful inventive and elegant everything a new couple could want. The photos in this book are superb making this as much coffeetable art book as cookbook and certainly this is an extremely gift-able book as well.By Mary Corpening Barber and Sara Corpening Whiteford 140 Recipes for beverages breakfasts main dishes side dishes salads desserts Many color photos Helpful hints general information menus No nutritional analysis 265 Pages hardcover 8 3/4" x 10 1/4" |
