Cooking Fearlessly: Recipes and Other Adventures from Hudson's on the Bend [Hardcover]

Jeffery Blank (Author), Jay Moore (Author), Deborah Harter (Author), Laurie Smith (Photographer)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 1999

Combine wild ingredients and a disregard for the ordinary with a little chemistry in the kitchen, and you get the COOKING FEARLESSLY philosophy—a no-holds-barred approach to cooking that is pure Texas and a helluva good time. At Hudson's on the Bend restaurant outside of Austin, chefs Jeff Blank and Jay Moore preach and practice an adventurous cuisine as big and robust as the Lone Star State. Fish and game reign supreme, both on the grill, in the sauté pan, and out of the iron skillet, and they're finished with sauces, salsas, and glazes that'll electrify your palate and change your worldview. With Jeff and Jay at the helm, you'll sit down to daring dishes like Toasted Piñon-Coriander-Crusted Goat Cheese on Garden Greens; Rattlesnake Cakes in a Pistachio Nut Crust; and Smoked Rainbow Trout with Nopalitos, Smoked Bacon, and Apple Jack Sauce. So stick around—the feast is only just getting started.• Hudson's on the Bend was named one of the "Top 50 Restaurants in America" by Mimi Sheraton of Condé Nast Traveler magazine.• Lavishly illustrated throughout with the work of Saveur photographer Laurie Smith.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Hudson's on the Bend is a popular Austin, TX, restaurant known for its game cooking and big-flavored, robust dishes: Green Chili Corn Crawfish Soup, Antlers and Claws (venison and smoked lobster), Texas Bandera Smoked Quail Egg Roll. With its eye-catching design and lively text, this cookbook from chef/owner Blank and executive chef Moore, which grew out of a cooking school they also run, does a good job of conveying the lively atmosphere of the restaurant. Each recipe lists timing, tools, and variations (as well as suggestions for music to cook by), and the headnotes make for entertaining reading. There's a source list for those who can't get the raw ingredients for the Rattlesnake Cakes, for example, and a foreword by that old Texas boy, Dan Rather. For area libraries and others where chefs' books, or game cookbooks, are popular.
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Review

"Okay. Or, as we Texans like to say, awright. I'm prejudiced. Hudson's on the Bend is one of the world's best restaurants. . . . This is the spirit and the place that gave birth to Fearless Cooking." —Dan Rather

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 180 pages
• Publisher: Fearless Press (November 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0967232309
• ISBN-13: 978-0967232300
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 9.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #820,794 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An interactive culinary feast for the senses(all 6 of them)!, September 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Cooking Fearlessly: Recipes and Other Adventures from Hudson's on the Bend (Hardcover)

This tasty piece of literature invites you to open your soul take a deep breath and dive in! As you become saturated in it's contents you realize this is not just about cooking fearlessly this is about living fearlessly! Come up for air and then go deep to discover the intense splashes of color seasoned with just the right amount of humor make the flamboyant artwork as appetizing as its gastronomical counterparts! This coupled with amazing photography and damn good writing make this a fascinating read that is sure to stimulate your creative and digestive juices simultaneously! Katherine the Great

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Foodies' paradise, August 9, 2005

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Ellie Brown "Foodie fanatic" (Gulfport, MS USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cooking Fearlessly: Recipes and Other Adventures from Hudson's on the Bend (Hardcover)

I'm a foodie who reads cookbooks for fun and relaxation in addtion to using them to feed friends and family. This book is a multi-discipline delight. The art work, the music-to-cook-by suggestions, the actual recipes. Ah, yes, the actual recipes; a bit labor intensive for my day-to-day tastes, and some of the ingredients are hard to come by in Cajun country, but on the whole, a sensory delight.

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4.0 out of 5 stars woolly mammoth meatballs a la mode, October 26, 2000

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Bob Wolfkill (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cooking Fearlessly: Recipes and Other Adventures from Hudson's on the Bend (Hardcover)

These guys could concoct a recipe for woolly mammoth meatballs a la mode, and I'd be willing to try it. Talk about imaginative, tongue-massaging food! But the recipes need to be examined closely, particulary with regards to proportion. The amount of liquid called for in the ancho-bock smashers is excessive, as is the amount of salt in the butternut squash, granny smith apple soup. Despite these glaring errors, this was without a doubt THE BEST COOKBOOK I purchased last year. Twice!