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Fine Cooking Annual, Volume 3: A Year of Great Recipes, Tips & Techniques

Fine Cooking Annual, Volume 3: A Year of Great Recipes, Tips & Techniques
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Why is "Fine Cooking" consistently ranked as one of the top five most popular cooking magazines published today? Because not only does it offer thousands of devoted readers delicious and dependable recipes, but it shows them how to do more in less time. This delectable, year-end collection serves up dozens of the magazine's most mouth-watering dishes, conveniently organized by course and ingredient. The recipes cover every course, including appetizers, soups, sandwiches, pastas, an extensive variety of entrees -- from poultry and fish to beef and pork -- side dishes, and an array of tempting desserts. And as the magazine is famed for, plenty of how-to techniques, tips, and short-cuts are included. For cooks of all skill levels, "Fine Cooking Annual, Vol. 3 "will solve a year's worth of "what's for dinner" dilemmas.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #43990 in Books
  • Published on: 2008-11-04
  • Released on: 2008-11-04
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 379 pages

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The first volume in what is likely to be an impressive " best-of" cookbook series. --"The Philadelphia Inquirer"

About the Author
One of the most trusted cooking magazines published today, Fine Cooking features friendly, hands-on advice from America's culinary experts. Each issue is filled with inspiration and how-to information for cooks of all skill levels.

Customer Reviews

TOP NOTCH COOKBOOK 5
I ordered the annual after receiving the magazines. This annual is fantastic in many ways:

1) The articles are written so that you can prepare as you go along, with multiple ways to know you have the correct amounts: for example it will say 2 cups or 5 ears of corn
2) They tell you exactly HOW to cut things (for those of us who don't know what julienne means)
3) It gives precise times (ex: cook the pasta for 2 minutes)
4) My husband now thinks I'm a pro b/c the recipes taste so good!
5) I have learned to use different types of spices like Asian 5 spice or French Spice
6) The recipes focus on making things easy, but not too easy to be bad for you (it's all fresh). (for those of us who grew up with mom making fresh)
7) I made their thanksgiving meal and it was better than any thanksgiving I've had anywhere (brined turkey with beautiful aromatics)
8) THe fine cooking series is upscale, but not too fancy as to be too hard to make or inaccessible ingredients for those living in major cities.

DOWNSIDES:
The only thing I can think of is that some ingredients utilized may not be available to those living in the countryside. My in-laws live in a remote area and I don't send her the recipes simply b/c I am not sure she has access to those ingredients.

Refined but not beyond the reach of home cook5
I have had success with the Steak with Bourbon Sauce and the Parmesan Smashed Potatoes. I am looking forward to trying more recipes from this cookbook. Every recipe has a picture giving you the suggested presentation, plus there are informative inserts on ingredients and techniques. I hope the authors create a cookbook like this for every year

Great Ingredients In Lay-out5
The book has exceeded my expectations on recipes and layout. It gives basic descriptions on each recipe as without making you think you need every new little gadget or baking dish in the world.
Nicely done.