Product Description

Perfect for young working couples and empty-nesters!

This book offers familiar favorites and new dishes to tempt your taste buds … all specially developed to serve two, without dealing with leftovers for the next week. Each recipe is created to maximize ingredients and minimize spending, so you buy only what you need, and use all of what you bought.

--Ideal for young couples who both work, as well as empty-nesters or a parent and child who are interested in great recipes
--Each recipe includes an icon for quick reference to help you decide which dishes best fit the occasion, and features variations sure to please anyone’s palate
--Recipes are quick and easy, but do not rely on prepackaged foods
--Includes recipes for small-batch baking

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #277477 in Books
• Published on: 2007-04-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 368 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781592576074
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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About the Author
Ellen Brown was the founding food editor of USA Today and has authored the IACP/Seagrams Award-winning Gourmet Gazelle Cookbook, along with several other cookbooks. She is the author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Slow Cooker Cooking, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Smoothies, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Cover and Bake Meals, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Juicing, and The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Fondues and Hot Dips.

Customer Reviews

Delicious! But stock up the liquor cabinet...
It's hard to plan meals if you're not a family of four. When I want to try something new I'm always stuck eating it for the rest of the week, whether it's good or not. Since it's just the two of us I made the decision to invest in a cookbook designed for two. What better way to start than with a "Complete Idiot's Guide"?

What a nice surprise to find out that even idiots can eat well. This book makes me feel like Burt Wolf, "going around the world, looking for good things to eat". The recipes are a real adventure, through many different cuisines, including Asian, French, American Comfort, California, Spanish, Tex-Mex, Cajun, Indian and Moroccan. Most are complex enough to be interesting, but simple enough to be easy and fun to prepare. The ingredients are things you can find in most well-stocked grocery stores. The author, Ellen Brown, shares many tips for shopping and food preparation in smaller amounts.

There are some lovely pasta sauce recipes that I've tried, and there's always enough to have for dinner, and divide the rest for two more, to put into the freezer. How lovely to be hungry, boil some pasta, and defrost a tasty sauce.

Be prepared to do a lot of chopping. And stock up your liquor cabinet. Seems like every recipe I've tried has booze in it. Not that I mind, but if you don't have red and white wine on hand, and a small bottle of sherry, you'll find yourself needing a trip to the liquor store. And give serious thought to getting out the food processor. However, if you're a teetotaller, fret not. There's something in this book for you, too.

So put away the Hamburger Helper and the Healthy Choice meals, and partake of something worth cooking and eating. And if you don't like something, well, the dog will eat good for a day.

Cooking for Two
This was a gift for my daughter & her husband she has made a few recipes from the book and has enjoyed them.

Great Book