The Foodie Challenge
Outdo Yourself(66/200)
"Table of Contents" by Judy Gelman & Vicki Levy Krupp
Product Description(Amazon.com)
Have you ever wished you could enjoy an Italian dinner with Frances Mayes? Or swap recipes with Jacquelyn Mitchard? It's all possible in this unique cookbook that features recipes drawn from the works of today's bestselling authors, along with intimate insights that help bring their most beloved books to life.
The delectable recipes featured in this bibliophile's cookbook include:
Lisa See's Won Tons
Tom Perrotta's Minestrone Soup
Elinor Lipman's Veal Marengo
Janice Y. K. Lee's Indonesian Ginger Chicken
Sara Gruen's Salmon en Cro?te with Hollandaise Sauce
Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus's Plum Torte
Lisa Genova's White-Chocolate Challah Pudding with Raspberry Sauce
And much, much more! With more than 100 dishes and drinks created by fifty of today's brightest writers, this cookbook will become a feast for your mind--and your soul!
MY THOUGHTS: I won this book from the Foodie Reading Challenge hosted by Margot. Margot has a great book blog, Joyfully Retired. You should check her blog out. She has lots of interesting stuff over there. As for this book. It's full of receipes from authors. I was surprised that I had read about a fourth of the books listed by the authors. One of those authors is Amy Greene, she wrote Bloodroot. My book club read this book a couple of months ago. And you can see my review here. Amy has two recipes, Appalachian Cathead Biscuits and White Gravey. I also can't forget my favorite author, James Patterson. I just read his new book Tick Tock. You can see my review here. He has a receipe for Isabelle's Wacky Cake. It sounds a lot like the recipe I have for Wacky Cake I got from my Great Aunt. There are lots of yummy sounding recipes in this book and they are all from authors. If you like to read and cook you really need to get a copy of this book!
MY RATING: 5
I am also linking to Beth over at Beth Fish Reads for Weekend Cooking. Lots of great books and recipes over there.
5 wonderful people stopped by:
This sounds like a very enjoyable book, I love the idea of it. Adding it to my list! Margot has a wonderful blog, what a nice gift you won!
This sounds like such a fun book! Great review.
Isn't this book so much fun? I love seeing what some of my favorite authors have contributed.
A book that combines food and authors sounds like a winner to me :)
I'm curious about Tom Perotta's recipe -- maybe I should try it when I read his new book!
HI Sherrie,
This sounds like a book that would not make it onto the shelf, rather would be kept on the coffee table for frequent browsing and re-readng.
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