Product Description

With its emphasis on quality ingredients, nuanced global flavors, and sumptuous presentation, the original GOURMET SLOW COOKER inspired discerning home cooks to dust off—and fall in love with—their slow cookers again. Back by popular demand, Lynn Alley serves a generous second helping of sophisticated yet easy-to-prepare slow-cooker recipes, this time with a focus on regional comfort food. Packed with classic and innovative dishes designed to delight family and guests alike, THE GOURMET SLOW COOKER: VOLUME II will satisfy fans’ hunger for new recipes—and encourage even more busy home cooks to join the bandwagon.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #13826 in Books
• Published on: 2006-08
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 99 pages

From the Publisher
• The follow-up to the wildly popular GOURMET SLOW COOKER, with new simple and sophisticated regional recipes. • Features more than 50 recipes for soups, entrées, side dishes, and desserts (scaled for any standard-size slow cooker), and 16 full-color photographs. • Includes wine and beer suggestions for every main dish.

About the Author
LYNN ALLEY is a freelance food and wine journalist who has contributed articles to Fine Cooking, Cook’s Illustrated, the San Francisco Chronicle, and Wine Spectator. She resides in San Diego, California.

Customer Reviews

low Cooking Gems
Although I have used only a few recipes from both of these volumes, the narrative, simplicity and a variety of hints and suggestions for future dishes, make these dual books more than routine, limited, "how-to" cook-books. The entire approach of the author, opened my eyes to a variety of new culinary adventures which will elevate slow cookers to vital appliances that promote versatility and economy of effort. A microwave oven, a slow cooker together with a well appointed wine cellar is all one needs to once again experience an unhurried joy of cooking. Bon Appetit as Junia Childs would have intoned.

Slow food fast
I use my slow cooker frequently; it gets me very good food with little effort when I work fairly long hours. I owned Lynn Alley's first book and thought I would like Volume II. So far I've made one recipe, the Adobo Chicken, which met with favor from my husband--distinctive flavors and easy to do; vinegar, soy sauce, ginger, brown sugar, and chicken basically. Oh and of course garlic! I like the other recipes and intend to try them in the near future; particularly a slow-cooked pork roast for barbecued pork sandwiches. And a green chile/hominy posole' style soup. There's even a fruit preserve recipe that sounds interesting. The format of the books is clear, the recipes are easy to follow, the book's design and photographs are attractive, and there's enough variety to keep it interesting. And nary a can of cream of mushroom soup!

Not what I expected
This book is not what I expected. Only a few receipes I will be using.