Fast Food My Way by Jacques Pepin Summary and Reviews
|
List Price: Our Price: $14.32 You Save: $15.68 (52%) Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Buy Used: from $10.14 (click here) Category: Book See more book details and other editions |
|---|
Book Reviews of Fast Food My Way
Book Review: Ymmmm
Summary: 4 Stars
It never fails - Jacques has done it again. These are easy, fast recipes, and delicious. I used to love watching him with the famous personality, Julia Child. They were a great pair - her humour, his charm. That is what the food is like too.Book Review: You need this cookbook in your library
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is phenominal! I made the "Zesty Pork Chops" the other night...quick, easy and made it for friends who all said "wow! I want this recipe!"
This book was given to me as a gift, and I regret that I just "filed it away" for almost 2 years! until I thought...I'm going to make 1 recipe out of every cookbook I own"...well, that could take a full year of cooking....I started with this book and I haven't put it down since! Great appetizers, desserts, mains, etc! YOU'VE GOT TO GET THIS BOOK!
Book Review: Your speed may vary
Summary: 3 Stars
Fast Food My Way
Jacques Pepin
I love Jacques Pepin. I respect Jacques Pepin. I've learned even more cooking technique from him than from Julia Childs. But... Fast Food My Way misses a point about fast cooking - you need to be able to assemble the meal from things that you have on hand, or can quickly pick up on the way home.
For example, the Chicken Bouillabaisse recipe has 25 ingredients. And to be honest, I probably have most of them on hand except for the fennel seeds, herbs de Provence, kielbasa, and Pernod. But 25 ingredients for a quick meal? Really! There's also a fascination with lovely and exceptional ingredients, which, when I'm taking the time to cook a fabulous meal, I might go get. But on a weeknight, am I really going to prepare Salmon tartare on califlower salad? Which has a hardboiled egg garnish? Obviously I should learn to keep hard boiled eggs on hand at all times in case I have to garnish something.
If I view this as another one of Pepin's fine cookbooks, it's a lovely book - interesting recipes, clear instructions, excellent illustrations. But it is isn't about fast cooking.
Book Review: a fast food book we should all read!
Summary: 5 Stars
In this day of the frenzied food.tv hosts trying to dish out some slop in 30 or so, Pepin comes through with the essence of a simple and relatively quick meal. It's not all about the prep time, it's about looking in the fridge and saying "what can I do tonite"....ah yes, creativity. Creativity is all but lacking in the tvfoodie-quickie American cuisine--it's all about how to slam out the slop you see at a chain restaurant as quick as you can.
I breathe a sigh of relief and enjoy the beef stew (yum!) and our family favorite of farfalle and eggs. He has lovely ideas and if you watch the show, he is not freaking out, gesticulating madly and screaming at the tv about how to get the hash out in less than 30.
The book is well laid-out and the photos are lovely complements that only make you want to try more recipes.
The meals are well thought out, tasteful and obviously, family favorites of Pepin. If you don't make a bunch of these regulars, his philosophy should infuse you with the essence of what cooking for a busy family REALLY should be if you value quality of cuisine and life!
Book Review: best cook book
Summary: 5 Stars
I've watched all programms with Jacques Pepin on TV. And this book is exactly what I wanted...EXCELLENT BOOK!!!
I highly recommend this book for those who likes to experiment in the kitchen but doesn't have time for this!