Keepers
Two Home Cooks Share Their Tried-and-True Weeknight Recipes and the Secrets to Happiness in the Kitchen: A Cookbook
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4.0 • 2 Ratings
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
Whether they're parents, married without kids, or single, most people want to do better at mealtime—they want to put good, nutritious food on the table, they're looking for a more diverse repertoire of dishes to prepare, and they'd like to enjoy the process more. The problem is they don't believe they have the time or ability to do it night after night. But it can be done, and Keepers will show them how.
Drawing from two decades of trial-and-error in their own kitchens, as well as working alongside savvy chefs and talented home cooks, Campion and Brennan offer 120 appealing, satisfying recipes ideal for weeknight meals. There's an array of master recipes for classic dishes with options for substitutions, updated old favorites, one-pot meals, "international" dishes, super-fast ones, and others that reheat well or can be cooked in individual portions. Along with timeless recipes, Keepers is filled with invaluable tips on meal planning and preparation, all presented in an entertaining, encouraging, and empathetic style.
Keepers gives cooks all of the tools they need to become more efficient, confident, and creative in the kitchen. It will help them survive the Monday-to-Friday dinner rush with their sanity and kitchens intact, and also have some fun along the way.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
With this collection of foolproof recipes, Brennan and Campion, accomplished food magazine editors (Saveur, Gourmet) and home cooks with hungry families, present 125 recipes as solutions to the perennial "dinner dilemma," answering the question of how best to manage modern mealtime. Despite a plethora of culinary information via Internet, TV, and magazines, home cooks, they note, need a file of go-to, sensible recipes that are satisfying and nourishing as well as free of anxiety and repetition. "Keepers" are reliable and efficient recipes that make for happy confident cooks and avoid wasted time or guilt about less-than-adequate meals. The authors offer reassurance, weekly planning ideas, and guiding principles to help get evening meals on the table. With sample menu calendars, indispensable pantry staples, kitchen tools, and "lifesavers" (make-ahead condiments), cooks can select from categories of dishes reflecting the dining habits of today's family and life stages: Extra-Fast; Staggered Dinner Times; One-Pot Dishes; Vegetarian; Kid Popular; Couples Without Kids; and Families with Young/Older Kids. Quick-cooking chicken saut with options for garlic cream, lemon-rosemary, or tomato fondue sauces; the kid-favorite fish fingers with tangy lime dipping sauce; and a black bean and butternut squash enchilada for Meatless Mondays can all be prepared in 45 minutes. A basic salad recipe becomes a canvas for five variations. As cheerleaders for the weeknight meal, the authors promise recipes so good and tedium-free that even busy home cooks will want to make them a sign that they are true "keepers."
