Caprial's Bistro-Style Cuisine [Hardcover]

Caprial Pence (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 1998

Caprial Pence, author of Cooking with Caprial and Caprial's Bistro Favorites, is back with more easy, delicious bistro-style dishes from her latest television series. Known for her winning style and ability to demystify the basics of fine cooking, her talents have never shone brighter than in this collection of 130 starters, entrees, and desserts.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Pence, chef/owner of Caprial's Bistro & Wine in Portland, OR, has a friendly, down-to-earth style that comes across in her books (Cooking with Caprial, LJ 2/15/96) as well as in her popular PBS television series. Here she offers more of her full-flavored, zesty dishes, from Pepper-Crusted Salmon with Green Sauce to Five-Spice Roasted Duck, including a selection of mouthwatering desserts. Well-written headnotes and sidebars provide lots of useful information on ingredients and techniques, suggestions for substitutions or variations, and helpful hints and tips. Recommended for most collections.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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" . . she puts food together in such a straightforward manner that its clean, bright flavors shine through." -- Marian Burros of the New York Times writes --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 196 pages
• Publisher: Ten Speed Press (April 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0898159466
• ISBN-13: 978-0898159462
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,496,217 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Practical step-by-step elegance! A must have!, November 10, 1999

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Tracy F. Root (Portland, Oregon) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Caprial's Bistro-Style Cuisine (Hardcover)

This cookbook may look intimidating, but it's not! Great flavor and practicality that even the novice could learn. Dive in and your hooked on Caprial's style! I give this book as gifts and put sticky notes w/ my suggestions. I have about 25 cookbooks and this one is a favorite.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars You'd better already know how to cook!, March 7, 1999

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This review is from: Caprial's Bistro-Style Cuisine (Hardcover)

The recipes in this book are flavorful and imaginative and for that reason one can overlook the lack of specific direction or omitted steps that appear on nearly every page. That is, of course, unless you are a beginning or inexperienced cook. Watch out, for instance, that in the recipe for Pissaladiere, that you must add the proofed yeast into the flour, and that you must proof the dough again for 20 minutes or so before adding the topping. The topping calls for "10 whole shallots". Shallots have a tremendous range in size. What size or weight should we use? This book is definitely for someone who can call on their own cooking expertise to make up for the lack of specific information.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good recipe book., October 21, 1999

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This review is from: Caprial's Bistro-Style Cuisine (Hardcover)

Cooking is my hobby and I love to entertain. The first recipe I made from this book was the Pepper- Encrusted Salmon with Green Sauce. You must try it, it's delicious!! Whenever I have to entertain I look at this book but I find that the recipes have either ingredients that I can't find locally or they take too much time. I wish this book had less time consuming recipes like the one mentioned above with more common ingredients and more photographs, they are good guidelines to see if the dish turned out the way it's supposed to. Nevertheless, I have enjoyed this book.