Home Cooking with Charlie Trotter (Gourmet Cook Book Club Selection) [Paperback]

Charlie Trotter (Author), Kipling Swehla (Photographer)

Book Description

Series: Gourmet Cook Book Club Selection | Publication Date: November 1, 2008

More than 130 recipes that make Charlie Trotter's show-stopping fare accessible to home cooks.

Charlie Trotter's most approachable cookbook, HOME COOKING WITH CHARLIE TROTTER is designed for casual home cooks who appreciate top-quality cuisine. Trotter begins by discussing classic methods of preparing food, from braising to grilling to sautéing. He then presents a variety of uptown traditional--as well as an assortment of exotic--starters, entrées, and desserts that have been streamlined with an eye for readily available ingredients and straight-forward techniques, while still bearing the master chef's signature style.Reviews 

A Gourmet Cookbook Club Selection: "A steady stream of almost shockingly easy-to-prepare dishes."—Gourmet 

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More than 130 recipes that make Charlie Trotter's show-stopping fare accessible to home cooks. * New photography and updated design accompany extraordinary yet approachable recipes for Trotter's award-winning cuisine.

About the Author

CHARLIE TROTTER is the author of 14 cookbooks and three management books and is an eight-time James Beard Award winner. He is the chef and owner of the legendary Charlie Trotter's, which recently celebrated its 20th anniversary, as well as Trotter's To Go in Chicago. He recently founded C in Los Cabos, Mexico, and Restaurant Charlie in the Palazzo Hotel at the Venetian Resort and Casino in Las Vegas.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Ten Speed Press (November 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1580089348
• ISBN-13: 978-1580089340
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 0.6 x 10 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #612,164 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Beware!, December 25, 2008

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M. Soble "Mike" (Hawthorn Woods, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Home Cooking with Charlie Trotter (Gourmet Cook Book Club Selection) (Paperback)

This is a great book. It has many recipes that you can actually make, some even on a weeknight but it turns out I already had. As I leafed through it, I was struck by a sense of Deja Vu. The appetizer I made for thanksgiving, a roast chicken I know I've had, a chicken dish I've wanted to make and then...last night's dinner! It is basically just "Charlie Trotter Cooks at Home" with a new pictures. A few of the recipes have been altered slightly - blue cheese becomes chevre in ravioli, a veal chop was substituted for pork tenderloin. If you don't have the other, I highly recomend it but If you already own "cooks at home," you will be looking to re-gift it as I am.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thank you Charlie, November 6, 2008

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Perk4me "Perk4me" (California) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Home Cooking with Charlie Trotter (Gourmet Cook Book Club Selection) (Paperback)

This book is so fantastic! It's worth the price just for his beet salad recipe, let alone soup, etc. We are vegetarians and are thrilled to have such nice recipes, for non vegetarians there are wonderful meat recipes..Charlie Trotter has brought his wonderful restaurant food to a home cooking level.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy, Sophisticated and Delicious, May 29, 2009

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Robin in Austin - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Home Cooking with Charlie Trotter (Gourmet Cook Book Club Selection) (Paperback)

This book has motivated me to cook. I love cookbooks but rarely use them. Either too complicated or too boring. This one is just right. Sophiticated flavor profiles but easy- peasy to execute. These recipes are suitable for casual family dinners but elegant enough for "company'. The entrees and salads I've made are delicious and work without having to make changes to the recipes, and the combination of ingredients are interesting without being over the top or hard to find.
There seem to be some proof- reading errors in this book. my copy has one correction note slipped into the book, but I have found one other- pg.160- roasted tomatoes w/ quinoa. Should say 1 cup of quinoa- not 1/4 cup.
Maybe these have been corrected in later editions.
Other than that this a great cookbook for a cook who likes upscale tasting food without a lot of fuss and muss.