Product Description

Marrying simplicity and succulence, steak is a food everyone can understand, and one of the very few to inspire genuine craving. Steak is William Rice's avocation, his passion, and he's researched different preparations and flavors of steak from all over the world. A collection of over 140 recipes, steak lover's cookbook is divided between fancy uptown cuts (e.g., tenderloins, porterhouses, ribs) and the plainer but just as tasty downtown cuts (skirt, chuck, flank, round). It includes the Best-Ever recipe for each type, plus dozens of inviting alternatives, not to mention Steak Fries, Outrageous Onion Rings, and Mississippi Mud Pie. It's a steakhouse at home.

84,000 copies in print.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1087578 in Books
• Published on: 2003-11-14
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 256 pages

From Amazon.com
The mania for healthy, low-fat eating has led to the demonization of what was once an icon of the American culinary tradition, the steak. Food writer William Rice, author of Where to Eat in America has committed the modern-day heresy of producing a paean to what he calls the "forbidden fruit" with Steak Lover's Cookbook. Although he may be preaching to the converted, he has created a wonderful book. Passionate about his subject, he waxes eloquent about his favorite cuts of meat, provides suggestions on the best foods to serve a prior to a big porterhouse, and offers up a host of recipes, classic and modern.

From Publishers Weekly
Rump. Loin. Skirt. Hoof. Chuck. Flank. Butt. Sometimes it's hard to tell whether food journalist Rice gets greater pleasure from writing these meaty monosyllables or from eating the cuts of beef they name. He's a modified beef purist, which means he accepts the proposition that it's permissible to apply more than fire to a good cut of meat. He'll subject a porterhouse to a sherry-shallot vinaigrette, whip up a Thai marinade for a flank steak or dress a rib-eye steak with a pinot noir buerre rouge. The book is divided into sections devoted to the various cuts of beef, beginning with the tenderloin (and the filets into which it is often cut) and closing with the cheaper cuts like chuck. Rice offers solid, simple recipes for every part of the cow, from an elegant steak au poivre ("The True Steak," made with filet mignon) to Chicken-Fried Cube Steak with Pan Gravy. There are also recipes for sides like Steak Fries Without the Frier and Okra with Toasted Onions and Cumin. Although many of the preparations require a good outdoor grill, Rice is a big fan of pan-frying in a mixture of butter and olive oil. He broils, too (though most home broilers simply won't do a prime cut of meat justice). With sidenotes on favored steakhouses, shopping tips and ample cow lore, this cookbook offers plenty for both the casual and the committed carnivore to chew on. Author tour.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal
Hard on the heels of Janeen Sarlin and Diane Porter's The Meat Lover's Cookbook (LJ 12/96) comes Rice's steak book, and?judging by the number of steakhouses that have opened in Manhattan in the last few months alone?not a moment too soon. Rice's tribute to steak offers delicious recipes for "Uptown" and "Downtown" cuts, along with several dozen appetizers and side dishes and a handful of desserts. Some of the beef dishes are from restaurants, including Steak a la Stone from the famed Palm; others are the author's own: Bloody Mary Steak and Sauce, Superior Steak Hash. With mouthwatering recipes and a passionate, witty, and informed text, this is recommended for most collections.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.