Product Description

Whether your winter blows with snow and rain or is just a sunbelt state of mind, a trove of delicious, soul-warming fare awaits in COLD WEATHER COOKING, from the author of The Nantucket Open-House Cookbook with over 214,000 copies in print.

Guided by a sense that winter is the season for seasonings-from ginger, garlic, and rosemary in Mixed Winter Squash Provencal to the cilantro and walnut crust on a dazzling Roast Rack of Lamb-this gifted cook and author provides dishes that are even gutsier than her summertime favorites. She pays special attention to the late harvest, helps cooks make the most of fall fruits and vegetables, offers chapters on winter grilling and cooking over the hearth.

More than 300 recipes range from bracing drinks for the first sign of autumn to glorious spring dishes for an Easter celebration. Warm Tomato Pie. Wild Rice, Mushroom, and Oyster Bisque. Pasta with Gorgonzola and Spinach. Plus Scallops in Sweet and Hot Lime Sauce, Deviled Beef Ribs, Broccoli with Toasted Hazelnuts and Pancetta, Sweet Potato Pancakes, Pumpkin Bread Pudding, Chestnut Mousse Cake, and Christmas Truffle Tart. Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club's HomeStyle Books. 112,000 copies in print.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #169332 in Books
• Published on: 1990-01-11
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 432 pages

From Publishers Weekly
Gray Nantucket winter days often need a little brightening, and Chase ( Nantucket Open House Cookbook ) does her best to dispel the windy gloom with such snazzy solace as curried lentil soup with chutney butter, pumpkin prosciutto with Parmesan lasagne, and braised lamb shanks with bourbon-barbecue sauce. This is intensely flavored, "happy" food culled eclectically from the author's catering experiences, her Polish roots and ongoing European travels. Not one for subtlety in either food or prose, Chase--self-acknowledged as one of the "new breed of chefs during the megatrend eighties, Ivy-educated and food-fad fed"--admits in her introduction to one chapter, "I find the recipes . . . magnificent." Actually, she's not far from the truth. Occasionally combinations may be a little madcap, as in seared squid with tamari beurre blanc or whole roasted foie gras with orange and ginger, but more frequently Chase's style and enthusiasm are contagious, and the impulse is to run to the kitchen to recreate salmon and wild rice fish cakes or warm tomato pie or walnut-rum-raisin applesauce cake. The variety of chapter choices, too, is frisky, beginning with "So Long Summer," with stops at "December Dazzle" and "Stormy Weather and Magic Mountains," and reaching an appropriate close with "The Tease of Spring." Illustrations not seen by PW.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From the Back Cover
NO TEARS FOR SUMMER'S END!

When the air turns crisp, make your kitchen the most welcoming spot in your home with Sarah Leah Chase's collection of soul-nourishing dishes. Completing the year that began with her summery NANTUCKET OPEN-HOUSE COOKBOOK, this passionate cook shares her originality and gift for intensifying flavors in hundreds of recipes with an inspired twist, from lasagne layered with pumpkin, hummus made of black beans, and Seafood Pot Pie to such stunning creations as Roast Rack of Lamb with a Cilantro Crust and Buche de Thanksgiving. Includes bracing drinks, hearthside grilling, holiday menus, and recipes for the first tease of spring.

Praise for Sarah Leah Chase and the NANTUCKET OPEN-HOUSE COOKBOOK:

"Chase's recipes make me feel like a really good party is about to happen.-Barbara Kafka, Vogue

"Sarah Chase offers original, elegant recipes that are brimming with imagination."-Cookbook Digest

OTHER MARVELOUS SELECTIONS FOR WARMING WINTER COOKERY:

Wild Rice, Mushroom, and Oyster Bisque

Roasted Pepper and Artichoke Puffs

White Clam and Bacon Pizza

Fiddlehead Fritters

Deviled Beef Ribs

Braised Lamb Shanks with White Beans and Goat Cheese Crust

Shrimp Fried Wild Rice

Indian Chicken Ragout

Oven-Roasted Vidalia Onions

Swordfish au Poivre

Roast Duck with Blood Oranges

Asparagus alla Carbonara

Maple Mousse

Pumpkin-and-Pear Bread Pudding

Southern Pecan Cake with Lulu's Rum Sauce

Christmas Truffle Tart

About the Author
Sarah Leah Chase is a caterer, cooking teacher, and author of the Pedaling Through Provence Cookbook, Nantucket Open-House Cookbook, and Cold-Weather Cooking. When not guiding bicycle tours through Europe, she teaches cooking, and writes and creates rec9ipes at her home on Nantucket.

Customer Reviews

Good Eating
This cookbook is fantastic - wish I had time to create something out of it every day. It's divided up nicely - easy to follow. A lot of hearty fare - which is exactly what one wants to eat in colder temperatures!!! I will say that the mulled wine is a standout - there is something for everyone though - appetizers through desserts. You won't be disappointed!!

My favorite cookbook!
This is by far my favorite cookbook. We've loved almost every recipe, although she seems to be a better cook than baker (baked goods are good, but food is great!). Better than Open House cookbook b/c the portions are smaller (family-sized as opposed to banquet sized) and the recipe descriptions are less flowery.

Cold Weather Cooking
I have used this cookbook for 2 years and found every recipe to be delicious. It calls for lots of fresh ingredients but if you don't have them, often the recipes don't suffer. Many of the recipes are variations on old New England favorites. The title says it correctly!