The Minimalist Cooks Dinner
by Mark Bittman
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Author: Mark BittmanEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2001-09-11
ISBN: 0767906713
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: Broadway
Book Reviews of The Minimalist Cooks Dinner
Book Review: Not bad for a book of quick recipes
Summary: 4 Stars
The book provides a number of good recipes that can be easily made. The short stories to the left of the recipe itself helped a lot to explain the history or key points of cooking for the dish, and the hints to alternate the recipe to your liking was helpful too. Overall the book gives excellent suggestions for quick dinners after a long day of work. The presentation of each recipe was clear and well done.
However I felt that some of the recipes were a little too simplistic, having maybe 2 main ingredients and then a short list of seasonings. I can prepare (excluding cook time) all of the recipes in under 20 minutes tops. I wish there were hints in each recipe to make it slightly more complex and even tastier, should the reader wish to take it up a step on some nights.
Summary of The Minimalist Cooks Dinner
Back with another splendid collection, America's most popular cooking authority and author of How to Cook Everything, presents more than 100 fast, sophisticated main courses for home cooks of every skill level.The Minimalist Cooks Dinner showcases Mark Bittman's signature ease and imagination, and focuses on center-of-the-plate main dishes. And, in this new volume, he also provides recipes for classic, versatile side dishes as well as recommendations for wine and food pairings. With a majority of its main dish recipes taking less than thirty minutes to prepare, this is truly the book every busy cook has been waiting for. Every recipe in The Minimalist Cooks Dinner is big on flavor, drawing on the global pantry and international repertoire that sets Bittman apart.
This inventive collection offers a refreshing new take on standards, along with ideas that will inspire both novices and experienced home cooks to branch out, making it the perfect solution for weeknight after-work meals or elegant weekend dinner parties. From Steamed Chicken Breasts with Scallion-Ginger Sauce to Korean-Style Beef Wrapped in Lettuce Leaves to Roast Fish with Meat Sauce, Bittman banishes the ordinary with an exciting range of choices. Also covering hearty pasta dishes, steaks, pork, veal, lamb, chicken, and a wide assortment of seafood, The Minimalist Cooks Dinner is the answer when you're looking for "satisfying dishes with a minimum of effort."
The Minimalist Cooks Dinner collects two years of recipes from Mark Bittman's popular New York Times column, "The Minimalist," which cleverly caters to the modern gourmet whose expectations are high but time is limited. In a hundred-odd recipes that cover the end-of-the-day meal gamut from soups and sides to entr?es, Bittman packs strong flavor into a few ingredients so that food lovers can return home from a long day at work and make a meal that's satisfying but not exhausting.
With less introductory text but more side notes than Bittman's previous cookbooks (The Minimalist Cooks at Home and the new classic, How to Cook Everything), The Minimalist Cooks Dinner commences with a section of 12 soups and stews--ranging from a truly spare miso soup to the richer Black-Eyed Pea Soup with Ham and Watercress--and then covers pasta, pizza, entr?es (with shellfish, fish, poultry, or meat), salads, and starchy sides. Easy dishes such as Steak with Chimichurri Sauce (simply parsley, raw garlic, lemon juice, crushed red pepper, and olive oil), Fish Simmered in Spicy Soy Sauce (soy, sugar, scallions, and chile), or Scallops with Almonds (cayenne, almonds, white wine, and butter) are startlingly delicious, especially considering they take at most 30 minutes to prepare. But perhaps this cookbook's best asset, particularly for less-experienced cooks, are the crucial "Keys to Success" and the improvisational "With Minimal Effort" side bars, which respectively offer additional instruction and suggestions for quick ways to enhance the original dish. While not as comprehensive as Bittman's bestselling How to Cook Everything or The Minimalist Cooks at Home, this is an expertly refined collection that presents perfect, almost effortless meals for every night of the week. --Rebecca Wright
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