Product Description

When the people at Diamond of California, the world’s leading marketer of nuts, decided to create a cookbook, they scoured their archives, developed dozens of new recipes, and turned to some of America’s best loved chefs, cooking teachers, and food writers for more. The result is NUTS: SWEET AND SAVORY RECIPES FROM DIAMOND OF CALIFORNIA, a collection of more than 100 recipes complemented by lavish color photography and hints and tips to help make the dishes easier and more fun to prepare. You’ll find classic comfort food, like Farmhouse Chicken Stew with Buttermilk-Walnut Dumplings; no-stress show-stoppers for entertaining, like Seared Scallop Salad with Grapefruit, Endive, and Walnuts; and, of course, plenty of cookies, cakes, desserts, breads, and quickbreads, from an inventive Macaroon Nut Tart to sumptuous Blueberry-Almond Bread Pudding. Ready to make the foods you cook a little more special? Head for the kitchen . . . and go nuts!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #722019 in Books
• Published on: 2004-03-01
• Released on: 2004-03-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 256 pages

Review
"2001 Best of the Best" —fifth annual cookbook awards collection —Food & Wine Books

About the Author
TINA SALTER is a book packager, food writer, and television producer who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Customer Reviews

Nuts: Sweet and Savory Recipes from Diamond of California
I have been using the new Diamond cookbook for a few weeks and want to say that the recipes are very usable. Most ingredients are on my shelf, the directions are simple, effective, and the results so far for all the recipes I have tried have been just perfect. I have been surprised at how easy the preparations are. With some cookbooks, I feel it necessary to try the recipes out before cooking for company but with this book that has not been necessary. I enjoy the many different types of recipes as well as the beautiful pictures. Lovely cover photo also!

a must have
one of my top 5 favorite cookbooks- many accessible yet impressive recipes with a good variety of appetizers, entrees, sides, desserts. I'm giving them to everyone I know as wedding gifts. a good way to incorporate nuts into your diet.

You'll go nuts for this one!
This is truly a beautiful book. Not only is it filled with wonderful recipes, there are so many helpful tips and lots of background information on the history of nuts, how they are grown and processed, etc. If there's a vegetarian in the house, the "Mushroom-Walnut Loaf" will make a perfect holiday substitute for turkey or ham (it isn't vegan, however, nor is it low-calorie--it contains 2.5 cups of cheese!) If you only think of nuts as something to add to baked goods or sprinkle on ice cream, this will make you look at them a whole new way. And while any brand nut can be used in the recipes, nuts like Diamond Shelled Walnuts, 16-Ounce Bags (Pack of 6) from the cookbook's title collaborator really are best.