Above and Beyond Parsley: Food for the Senses [Hardcover]

Junior League of Kansas City (Author), Mo Jr. League Of Kansas City (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 296 pages
• Publisher: Junior League of Kansas City, Missouri (December 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 096070762X
• ISBN-13: 978-0960707621
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #819,577 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Above and Beyond Parsley is just that, October 24, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Above and Beyond Parsley: Food for the Senses (Hardcover)

I have prepared many of the recipes from this book and have found all I have tried to be wonderful. They are easy to follow, and the collection of recipes is diverse and appeals to the most discriminating of tastes. This book also provides visuals on the art of artistic meal presentation. Of the cookbooks that I own, I know if a meal is prepared from this book all will be happy, especially me!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My most marked up cookbook, December 19, 2001

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Jennie Helderman (Florence, AL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Above and Beyond Parsley: Food for the Senses (Hardcover)

This book will hardly fit back on the shelf: Yellow post-it notes hang from its margins, nearly a pad-ful so far, each marking a high-taste recipe. I've only had the book a year, but it has fast become a favorite.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful cookbook, December 18, 2004

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Melissa Kaye (Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Above and Beyond Parsley: Food for the Senses (Hardcover)

I've had this cookbook for several years and I think it's terrific. I haven't made a recipe from it that disappointed me.

The recipes are not difficult to make, so anyone should be able to cook from this book. The food turns out a bit sophisticated. You could easily use some of these recipes for a dinner party.

Two of the recipes I really enjoyed from this book were Mustard Ginger Pork Chops and Minestrone. The pork chops were wonderful - you basically add a simple marinade (pretty easy to do!). The minestrone is wonderful! It is probably my favorite soup ever. It uses ham to give it a smoky flavor, then you add a number of veggies and pasta to it, and top it off with cilantro and parmesan cheese. This is a great soup to make at the beginning of the week and have it for lunch every day for the rest of the week. I've made this soup so many times and I've even tried to freeze it (although I wouldn't recommend that). This is also a good soup to fix ahead of time if you're going to have guests. Add a salad and some bread and you have quite a nice lunch.

Besides the recipes, the photography in this book is amazing. It's quite different than other cookbooks. I would have to consider the photos as "art" because they are of the quality of framed photographic art. I keep thinking of taking this book off of my cookbook shelf and using it as a "coffee table book" because it is so beautiful.

Overall, I would recommend this cookbook to almost anyone. The recipes are simple but elegant and the pictures make the book a joy just to look through.