500 3-Ingredient Recipes: Simple and Sensational Recipes for Everyday Cooking [Paperback]

Carol Hildebrand (Author), Bob Hildebrand (Author)

Book Description

Series: Kitchen Miracles | Publication Date: November 1, 2004

Bob Hildebrand, chef of a first-class inn in Vermont, and his sister Carol, a food writer, have teamed up to develop 500 recipes that use only three ingredients (plus the ôfreeö ingredients of water, oil or butter, salt, and pepper). This book features delicious recipes like:

• Braised Chicken with Leeks
• Sinful Chocolate Torte
• Popovers
• Bacon-Wrapped Scallops with Dill

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About the Author

Robert Hildebrand is the executive chef at The Three Stallions Inn in Randolph, Vt. His work has been featured in Bon Appetit, as well as several regional newspapers.

He is a graduate of The New England Culinary Institute, in Montpelier, Vt., and also holds a bachelorÆs degree in finance from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.

Product Details

• Paperback: 500 pages
• Publisher: Fair Winds Press; First Edition edition (November 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592330940
• ISBN-13: 978-1592330942
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #547,065 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I had no idea you could do so much with three ingredients!, November 9, 2004

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Sunflower Summer (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: 500 3-Ingredient Recipes: Simple and Sensational Recipes for Everyday Cooking (Paperback)

I've tried a few of the recipes in this cookbook and they've all been great. Love the idea of three ingredients--makes it so easy to plan dinner. The recipes are simple but sophisticated. The directions are clear, and I like having suggestions for a few extra ingredients that I can throw in if I have them. Overall, a cookbook worth buying.

52 of 60 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars "Everyday cooking?" Give me a break!, March 23, 2005

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This review is from: 500 3-Ingredient Recipes: Simple and Sensational Recipes for Everyday Cooking (Paperback)

Don't be fooled by the title of this cookbook. First, it is filled with exotic and gourmet, not to mention expensive, recipies. The choice of ingredients might be fine if you live in New York or San Francisco, but here in northern Wisconsin many ingredients just aren't available. (And if they were, would you fix squab or fried rabbit for Tuesday night dinner for your family?)

A second disappointment is the copious use of butter, oil and heavy cream.

This is the first time I've ever been so disappointed in a book I ordered that I will be returning it.

25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Keep it on the counter., November 24, 2004

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The Hildebrand cook book is very useful to me. I'm not a gourmet; I don't even like to cook that much (yet must do it three times a day). Somehow knowing that any of the interesting dishes in this fat book can be created with just three ingredients actually makes me want to whip something up. Even I can manage three ingredients! I like the fact that they include "add it in" items beyond the three. The add-ins are still simple, but make me feel like a real cook, by deciding whether to embelish. This is the only cook book I actually keep on my counter.