CopyKat.com's Dining Out at Home Cookbook: Recipes for the Most Delicious Dishes from America's Most Popular Restaurants [Paperback]

Stephanie Manley (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 11, 2010

YOU LOVE IT AT THE RESTAURANT...NOW MAKE IT AT HOME

Packed with the most popular recipes from CopyKat.com, this book offers over 200 unauthorized restaurant re-creations that have been tested and re-tested by people just like you. Each delicious dish is guaranteed to taste like the restaurant original so you can:

•Save money while enjoying all your favorite restaurant dishes

•Mix and match items from different restaurants to create the perfect meal

•Satisfy kids with their fast food favorites while making a fancier dinner for the adults

•Modify original re-creations to make them healthier while maintaining the delicious taste

•Find the ideal recipe for any occasion with the book's quick reference icons, impress-your-guest dishes, quick-and-easy treats, meat-lover fare and vegetarian options

There are recipes for all your favorite entreés, appetizers, soups, salads, desserts and more from Americas best restaurants, including:

•Boston Market®
•Chili's®
•Cracker Barrel Old Country Store®
•IHOP®
•Jack in the Box®
•Joe's Crab Shack®
•Mrs. Fields®
•Olive Garden®
•Outback Steakhouse®
•Red Lobster®
•Taco Bell®
•T.G.I. Friday's®
•The Cheesecake Factory®

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Stephanie Manley is the founder and recipe master at CopyKat.com. Stephanie grew up in rural area, and going out to eat meant a several hour commitment for anything other than a local diner. Learning to copy recipes was done so we could recreate restaurant tasting food at home for her family. She has also spent several years working in a variety of restaurants.

Product Details

• Paperback: 312 pages
• Publisher: Ulysses Press (May 11, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1569757828
• ISBN-13: 978-1569757826
• Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 0.7 x 8.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #30,194 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I have been creating recipes on the internet since 1995. For 15 years, I have created recipes that people just like yourself can recreate in their own kitchen. During my college days I worked in a few restaurants, and ever since then I have been recreating your favorite dishes. CopyKat.com has been featured in large publications like the Wall Street Journal, Newsweek Magazine, and Woman's World.

Once I started to recreate restaurant style recipes, I didn't stop. Honestly, when I was in college, and right after, I couldn't afford to go out for dinner every night of the week. I wanted to recreate the taste of my favorite dishes at home. Little did I know that trying the Olive Garden Alfredo sauce would literally be a life changing moment.

For years I was asked when I was going to package up my recipes and make them available in print. So now, these recipes are available for the first time in a book format. I am so excited that I get the opportunity to share my most favorite recipes in print.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

41 of 43 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars You can make copies of some of the most popular restaurant's signature dishes right in your own kitchen. July 21, 2010

By Kathryn E. Etier VINE™ VOICE

Format:Paperback

[...] is a website where one can find over 1500 recipes that duplicate famous offerings from popular restaurants (mostly chains), as well as a few from grocery stores and products on grocery store shelves that are better fresh than made from a box. The question some may ask is, "Why would you make Boston Market meatloaf at home when you can just go over to Boston Market and have it?" Good question.

Many people have visited, but do not live near, the Olive Garden, Outback Steakhouse, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, or Boston Market (among the many restaurants included in Dining Out at Home). Cravings for Outback's Queensland Chicken and Shrimp or Rainforest Café's Caribou Coconut Chicken (pictured) may not be strong enough to warrant the round trip to a distant restaurant.

No one can promise that the Wendy's Chili copy you make will taste exactly like the chili you get at Wendy's, but then again, it's not made with chopped-up, leftover hamburgers and is, in fact, a whole lot better than the original. Home chefs are not guaranteed restaurant results, but most of the dishes are equal to the originals or close enough to satisfy that T.G.I. Friday's Nine-Layer Dip jones from which one suffers.

The techniques for creating the poser dishes are not difficult, however some of the recipes are complex and require a multitude of ingredients. The time spent in the kitchen for a few of the recipes will exceed the time it takes to order dinner and eat it in the restaurant. However, for those who actually enjoy cooking, there's lots of fun to be had in recreating popular dishes, as well as reinventing them. It's important to remember, though, that [...] Dining Out at Home Cookbook recipes are not the original recipes from the source restaurants, but [...] version of those recipes. "No sponsorship or endorsement by, or affiliation with, the trademark owners is claimed or suggested by the author or publisher."

Recipes for dips, desserts, entrees, drinks, salads, and side orders are included in this collection. In addition to the restaurants already mentioned, others inspiring recipes are Jack in the Box, Red Lobster, The Cheesecake Factory, Chili's, IHOP, Brennan's, Hooters, Cinnabon, and many others.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A recipe book for everyone June 24, 2010

By Elise Smith

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

If you are looking for a recipe book that is easy to read, contains delicious recipes from your favorite restaurants, and can actually help you make choices when eating at these restaurants, this is the book.
The recipe ingredients are easy to find at your local stores. The preparation and cooking instructions are clear and concise.
The names of the restaurants are all listed in the back of the book, and contents and a helpful guide in the front of the book
The author is Stephanie Manley, and she has created a wonderful recipe book, that makes cooking, not only delicious, but fun.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent recipes that are tested and true... June 6, 2010

By D. Hill

Format:Paperback

Stephanie Manley does a great job re-creating popular dishes, drinks, desserts, and more from various restaurants whether fast food or upper scale venues. Most recipes are quite simple thus making it easy to follow and do yourself. I've had the book now for a few weeks and have decided to order a few more as gifts for the cooks in my life. This book is a no-brainer. It's a good-sized paperback, easy to read, and you'll be happy you have it!