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Cooking New American : How to Cook the Food You Love to Eat

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Fine Cooking Magazine has released a new cookbook. Being a fan of Fine Cooking magazine myself, I am excited by their new innovative yet simple recipes that bring forth great meals and leave behind the boring meals of the past!

This new bestseller brings forth a new rage, the self-titled, Cooking New American. This book is not about America's past of meatloaf and dried pot roast, but new, creative meals. Lovely recipes such as Truffle-Scented Cornish Game Hens with Proscuitto and Wild Mushrooms, and Couscous with Ginger, Orange, Almonds and Herbs, are throughout this book.

This cookbook is beautifully photographed. The dishes look so tantalizing that one feels compelled to try some of these inspirational recipes! The recipes are easy-to-read and easy-to-prepare. Alongside any moderately-complicated recipe, there is a picture guide of what you are looking for whilst preparing your new meal.

If you are used to traditional American cuisine, and not ready for this new trend, then this book may come as a surprise with the ingredients. For me, it was refreshing to see ingredients such as porcini mushrooms, proscuitto, hazelnuts and more. But for others, it may be a deterrent.

For fresh, new ideas, pick up this cookbook. It would make a nice addition to your collection, as well as a wonderful gift.

I received this cookbook as a present and have given it as a present to many people. I haven't had a failed recipe once. The instructions and quantities are clear and the sidebars with preparation tips are the best I've ever seen. I have committed to making at least one new dish a month. The risotto with corn, tomatoes & basil has become a staple at our house.

My son gave me this cookbook for Christmas and I have probably used it at least weekly ever since! I love that most of the recipes are fairly short and whats great is that dishes are so good people assume they are much more difficult to prepare than they really are!

My friend and I went shopping at a local non-chain bookstore. She bought this book and I wound up buying something along the lines of Cooking for One. When we got home, we discovered we both liked the other's purchase better. We traded, and boy am I glad!

This book is full of very good *do-able* recipes. I personally like the variety they give you and all the recipes are especially good for both everyday cooking and for company. I work full-time, I am not a gourmet chef by any means, and most of these recipes can be easily done after work. A few I would delegate to weekends.

For an example of the variety: they give you a basic skinless boneless chicken breast pan-cooking recipe, then on the next page give you 5 or 6 pan sauce recipes (lemon caper, port cherry), which gives you great variety. They do the same thing with a basic pork recipe and 4 or 5 sauce examples to go with that. This is a great resource for a working person who loves flavor. You can't go wrong with this purchase.

What I like about Cooking New American is that it is very visual-one to three pictures accompany every recipe. You almost cannot resist the temptation to start cooking once you open it. Various tips appear along the margine - most useful if you are a beginner. There are also "special topic" guides on vinaigrettes, sauces, etc. All recipes are elegant yet very doable. Highly recommend it.

Not only is the book beautiful to look at, but in spite of looking really fancy, the recipies and directions are easy to follow.

As a fan of Fine Cooking Magazine I was very happy to come across this cookbook. Everything I've tried thus far has been delicious and simple to create. East to read, good photographs, and no-nonsense recipes. Try the Sweet and Spicy Sticky Chicken, its my family's favorite.

Good recipes. New ideas but without having to invest in new spices or expensive ingredients.

I have both annuals of Fine Cooking. I love their cookbooks as each offers great recipes as well as information for the amature cook. My only complaint with this cookbook is the repeat of recipes from the other two annuals. I would have appreciated the contribution of new recipes that I do not already have.