Product Description

Sweet Pea and Avocado Vichyssoise, Grilled Chicken Breasts with Chimichurri Sauce and Buttermilk Chocolate Cake are just a few of the over 90 recipes guaranteed to please. Practical tips reduce preparation time and there's even advice for the busy cook on developing a flexible pantry. Simple step-by-step instructions round out this kitchen reference.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #260697 in Books
• Published on: 2002-06-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

From Amazon.com
Diane Rossen Worthington's Seriously Simple: Easy Recipes for Creative Cooks delivers on the promise of its title. The award-winning chef and author provides sophisticated flavor combinations while keeping the ingredients, and, most importantly, prep time, to a minimum. Chilled Summer Squash Soup with Basil makes a great starter course or light entrée; Grilled Lamb Chops with Cilantro-Mint Sauce yields a rich yet refreshing result with almost no work, especially with the use of a food processor; and the Summer Fruit Crisp (much less work than a homemade pie) includes a custard layer made with crème fraîche. Keeping with her theme of simplicity, Worthington has provided many suggestions for "advanced preparation" so that the busy cook can do some, or all, of the preparation long before mealtime. The most unique element of this cookbook is "the clever cook could" entry with each dish, in which Worthington makes suggestions for substituting ingredients and how to use the leftovers in savvy and tasty ways. Worthington's recipes will help shorten the work to get food on the table but should also increase the enjoyment while at it. --Teresa Simanton

About the Author
James Beard Award-winner Diane Rossen Worthington is a food writer, consultant and broadcaster. She has written several books, including The Cuisine of California. Noel Barnhurst's work has appeared in Bon Appetit and Fine Cooking.

Customer Reviews

This book delivers on its title
Simple, extremely flavorful, and easy to modify recipes to personal tastes. You end up with dishes that look and taste like you ordered them from some nouvelle cuisine restaurant. I haven't made anything in here that didn't simply rock. Flavors actually sparkle. Wonderful attitude about cooking.

Turn Yourself Into a Super Cook
I love this cookbook. It has become my favorite and is nearly always on the kitchen counter at our house. It is easy to follow, provides great suggestions for stocking a kitchen (equipment, pantry, refrigerator, herb garden), instructions for staples (like her "seasoning salt"), and includes interesting recipes that are fun to share with family and always a hit with guests. The recipes are truly SIMPLE to follow, and make you look like a SERIOUS cook, even mid-week after a day at work - - hence, the title is apt. Try the ribs with hoisin sauce, the fish stew with chipotle sauce, lamb with goat cheese and spinach, the pasta with sausage and tomatoes, the dense, gooey chocolate cake cooked mostly on the stovetop, and many others.

Seriously delicious!
I love this cookbook! The recipes ARE simple, the flavors are wonderful. They're easy enough for everyday cooking, and delicious enough for guests.