Description
From Publishers Weekly According to the authors, 80% of American households own a slow cooker. This whopping collection of 350 recipes is reason enough to unearth that Crock-Pot from the attic or invest in one of the new high-tech models. The title, however, is a misnomer, and not just because the book includes a recipe for "Mom's Beef Stew." Much of what Hensperger ( The Bread Bible ) and Kaufmann (coauthor, with Hensperger, of The Ultimate Rice Cooker Cookbook ) present is exactly the kind of comfort food typically associated with childhood snow days or family gatherings. To use the word "hearty" in describing these recipes is to state the obvious. There are more than a dozen oatmeals and porridges, ranging from Cinnamon Apple Oatmeal to Creamy Cornmeal Porridge. Soups include Vegetarian Split Pea, French Onion, and White Bean with Bacon. Twenty-four types of baked beans are mere prelude for the 14 chili options, including "Senator Barry Goldwater's Arizona Chili" (which gives new meaning to the phrase "bowl of red"). Other recipes are for poultry, meat and fish dishes, and New and Old World dishes are plentiful. The only letdown is the "Not-from-the-Slow Cooker Accompaniments" chapter, with its uninspired choices like Baked Rice, and Mixed Green Salad. But the concluding pages, full of puddings and fruit desserts, atone with sinful treats like Chocolate Peanut Butter Pudding Cake and Rum-Butterscotch Bananas. (Jan.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition. A treasure trove exploring all the potential available in a slow cooker pot. --Library BookwatchA wide range of sound recipes and advice for every meal . . . A comprehensive and multicultural guide back to slow food. --San Francisco ChronicleGives slow cooking a hip new twist. --Slow Cooking (Woman's Day special) --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition. A prolific food writer and educator, Beth Hensperger has authored more than twenty cookbooks, including titles in the best-selling "Not Your Mother's" series, The Rice Cooker Cookbook , and The Bread Lover's Bread Machine Cookbook . She is also the author of The Bread Bible , winner of a James Beard Book Award, and has been nominated twice for an IACP Cookbook Award. Hensperger writes a James Beard Award nominated food column, "Baking with the Seasons", for the San Jose Mercury News. She is a contributor to dozens of national and online cooking and lifestyle magazines. Julie Kaufmann is the food editor of the San Jose Mercury News, which has twice been nominated for a James Beard Award in newspaper journalism. Kaufmann is an avid home cook who has co-authored several books with Beth Hensperger. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition. Read more
Features & Highlights
- You probably own a slow cooker—80 percent of American households do. For more than thirty years, its unbeatable convenience and practicality have made it a staple of busy families, enabling anyone to return to a home-cooked meal at the end of a hectic day. Many slow cooker recipes, however, have relied on less-than-healthy convenience products.Now, Beth Hensperger and Julie Kaufmann’s Not Your Mother’s® Slow Cooker Cookbook takes a completely fresh look at cooking with this popular appliance. This comprehensive collection of 350 recipes combines the ease of slow cooking with the fresh, wholesome ingredients and exciting flavors of today’s kitchen.For days when there’s just no time for prep, there’s Orange and Honey Chicken Drumsticks or Country Ribs with Onions, Apples, and Sauerkraut. For (slightly!) less hectic days there’s Tangy Tomato Brisket or Lentil and Red Pepper Soup. Stay out of the kitchen when guests arrive with Duck Breasts with Port Wine Sauce or wake up to breakfast with Hot Apple Granola Oatmeal. Hensperger and Kaufmann offer dishes for every time frame, without compromising on taste, quality, or variety. And Not Your Mother’s® Slow Cooker Cookbook showcases the best of home cooking while taking advantage of a global melting pot of flavors—so cooks can serve Chicken and Shrimp Jambalaya one day and Japanese Beef Curry Rice another. All the classic slow cooker recipes are here, plus many more adventuresome and innovative dishes. There is also practical information on the different types of slow cookers, their latest accessories, and what sizes are best for what purposes.
