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Learn to COOK - Art of the Slow Cooker: 80 Exciting New Recipes
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Manufacturer: Chronicle Books
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Binding: Paperback
Brand: Chronicle Books
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.5884
EAN: 9780811859127
ISBN: 0811859126
Label: Chronicle Books
Manufacturer: Chronicle Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 216
Publication Date: 2008-09-01
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Studio: Chronicle Books
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For the Art of the Slow Cooker best-selling author Andrew Schloss has developed 80 recipes for soups stews succulent braises vegetarian dishesóeven dessertsóthat bring slow-cooked meals to new heights. Slow cooking gives a wonderful velvety texture to meatloaf an incredible richness to Osso Buco Milanese and bold and complex flavors to Curried Vegetables and Dal simmered in Indian spices. Each chapter offers recipes for both simple everyday meals and spectacular dishes perfect for entertaining. With cooking charts to help with timing advice on finding the right slow cooker for every kitchen and glorious color photographs throughout the Art of the Slow Cooker will delight readers looking for easy and amazing meals.
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Summary: actually probably just 2 stars
Comment: This book contains some beautiful and solid gourmet recipes. However, I wouldn't recommend it as a slow cooker cookboook. The beauty of the slow cooker is that save for browning meats, you do pretty much just layer or 'dump' everything in. (People say that like it's a bad thing!) I made the cassoulet recipe which was delicious, but by the time I did all the prep (browning the meats and vegetables, adding wine, stock and tomatoes)in my 7 qt french oven I just put the top on it and put it in a 350 degree oven. Why bother pulling out the slow cooker? I'm sorry I didn't take a closer look at the book before I purchased it.
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Summary: One of the best slow cooker recipe books that I have found.
Comment: This is a great recipe book for slow cookers. It is not a dump and go recipe collection, there is some prep time, usually between 5 (the shortest amount of time) and 20-30 minutes. About 20 minutes looks to be the norm. But by taking this prep time what comes out of your slow cooker is a great meal. The author states that he only wants to give recipes that would be as good made in a slow cooker as if you had made them in a traditional way. What I have made lives up to this expectation.
Also, there are many recipes that I am looking forward to preparing. That is the problem with many slow-cooker books, there just aren't that many recipes that look all that appealing to me - how many different chili recipes do I need? This book has a good selection of recipes that I had not seen before with easy to find ingredients for foods that I think that my family will enjoy. Not that there aren't several company appropriate recipes, because there are, but, there are also great week-night recipes.
I didn't intend to buy another slow cooker recipe book, I already owned 3 or 4 in addition to my collection of other cookbooks, but after seeing this one in a book store and looking through it, I had to have it. I've only made a couple of recipes from it, but both have turned out great, and there are many more that I intend to make.
Khandi
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